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Natural Environment Bill

Preliminary provisions

7: Application of this Act to ships and aircraft of foreign States

You could also call this:

"This law does not apply to foreign warships, government ships, or military aircraft."

Illustration for Natural Environment Bill

This proposed law does not apply to warships of other countries. It also does not apply to aircraft used by other countries' defence forces. You should know it does not apply to ships owned by other countries if they are used for government purposes. This law does not apply to the people in charge or the crew of these ships or aircraft. However, there is an exception to this rule. If regulations say otherwise, then this rule does not apply. The regulations can change this rule, so you need to check them to see if they have made any changes.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

7Application of this Act to ships and aircraft of foreign States

  1. This Act does not apply to any of the following:

  2. warships of any State other than New Zealand:
    1. aircraft of the defence forces of any State other than New Zealand:
      1. any ship owned or operated by any State other than New Zealand, if the ship is being used by that State for wholly governmental (but not including commercial) purposes:
        1. the master or crew of any warship, aircraft, or ship referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).

          1. However, subsection (1) does not apply if regulations expressly provide otherwise.