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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

72O: References to Director to be read as General Manager of Aviation Security Service in certain circumstances

You could also call this:

“When to replace 'Director' with 'General Manager' in the Civil Aviation Act”

When you see references to the Director in certain sections of the Civil Aviation Act, you should think of them as referring to the General Manager of Aviation Security Service in some cases. This applies when the topic is about aviation security services, the Aviation Security Service, or the General Manager’s office.

If you’re not sure whether something is about aviation security or other matters covered by the Act, the Civil Aviation Authority will decide.

You don’t need to worry if the Director or the General Manager was involved in something when they shouldn’t have been. As long as it’s clear that one of them was the right person for the job, no one can say the action wasn’t valid just because the wrong person did it.

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Part 6A Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

72OReferences to Director to be read as General Manager of Aviation Security Service in certain circumstances

  1. Every reference in sections 23A, 23B, 42, 49(1)(a), and 50 to the Director shall be read as a reference to the General Manager in so far as the subject matter relates to aviation security services, the Aviation Security Service, or the office of the General Manager.

  2. Where any doubt arises as to whether or not any subject matter relates to aviation security services, the Aviation Security Service, or the office of the General Manager, or relates to any other matter to which this Act relates, the issue shall be determined by the Authority.

  3. No act, omission, or proceeding shall be called into question or declared invalid on the ground that the Director or the General Manager was not the appropriate person to be involved in the act, omission, or proceeding if it is clear that either the Director or the General Manager was the appropriate person to be so involved.

Notes
  • Section 72O: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 90).