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Civil Aviation Act 1990

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65R: Payment of fees

You could also call this:

“Rules for paying fines for breaking rules on international flights”

If you get an infringement notice for an offence on an international flight, and you receive this notice when you arrive at an international airport, you can choose to pay the fee right away. The notice will tell you how to pay.

When someone pays an infringement fee for this kind of notice, whether they pay it immediately or later, the money goes into a special bank account owned by the government. This account is called a Crown Bank Account.

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65RPayment of fees

  1. If an infringement notice under section 65P (or a copy of it) is served by delivering it to the defendant on arrival at an international airport for an offence on an international flight, the defendant may choose to pay immediately the infringement fee in the manner specified in the notice.

  2. All infringement fees received in respect of an infringement notice under section 65P, whether immediately after service or later, must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.

Notes
  • Section 65R: inserted, on , by section 28 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).
  • Section 65R(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).