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Civil Aviation Act 1990

International air services licensing - Scheduled international air service licences for New Zealand international airlines

87D: Minister to be licensing authority for New Zealand international airlines

You could also call this:

“Minister decides if New Zealand airlines can fly overseas regularly”

The Minister is in charge of giving special licences to New Zealand airlines that want to fly internationally on a regular schedule. The Minister also has the power to make decisions about these licences according to the rules in this part of the law. This means that if you’re a New Zealand airline company and you want to start flying to other countries regularly, you need to ask the Minister for permission. The Minister will look at your request and decide if you can have a licence or not.

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Part 8A International air services licensing
Scheduled international air service licences for New Zealand international airlines

87DMinister to be licensing authority for New Zealand international airlines

  1. The Minister shall be the licensing authority to grant scheduled international air service licences to New Zealand international airlines and to exercise jurisdiction in respect of those licences in accordance with this Part.

Notes
  • Section 87D: inserted, on , by section 28 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 91).