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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Preliminary provisions - Purposes

4: Additional purposes

You could also call this:

"What else the Civil Aviation Act 2023 aims to achieve for New Zealand's environment, economy, and people."

The Civil Aviation Act 2023 has some extra goals. You will see it aims to help the environment, the economy, and keep people safe and healthy. It also wants to make sure New Zealand follows international aviation rules.

The Act also wants to promote new ideas and make civil aviation better and more efficient. You can think of this as making air travel safer and more enjoyable for everyone. It wants to protect New Zealand's security and interests too.

The Act considers how air travel affects people, their property, and the environment in a negative way. This means it thinks about the potential harm that air travel could cause. It tries to balance the benefits of air travel with the potential downsides.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Purposes

4Additional purposes

  1. This Act has the following additional purposes:

  2. to maintain, enhance, and promote a transport system that contributes to environmental sustainability, economic prosperity, inclusive access, healthy and safe people, and resilience and security:
    1. to promote innovation, effectiveness, and efficiency in civil aviation:
      1. to ensure that New Zealand’s obligations under international civil aviation conventions, agreements, and understandings are implemented:
        1. to preserve New Zealand’s national security and national interests:
          1. to take into account the adverse effects of civil aviation on the interests of people, property, and the environment.