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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Airports - Interpretation

219: Meaning of substantial customer

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"What it means to be a substantial customer of an airport operator"

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You are a substantial customer of an airport operator if certain conditions apply. When you pay the airport operator for things like taking off or landing, you might be a substantial customer if you paid more than 5% of their total income from these activities. The airport operator looks at how much you paid them in their last accounting period to decide this.

You can also be a substantial customer if you represent a group of people who together paid more than 5% of the airport operator's total income from these activities. You need to have written permission to represent these people and you must show the airport operator this permission. This permission is like a letter that says you can act on behalf of these people.

If you want to compare this to an older law, you can look at s 2A of a law from 1966. You can find this law on the legislation.govt.nz website. This might help you understand how the law has changed over time.

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Part 7Airports
Interpretation

219Meaning of substantial customer

  1. For the purposes of this Part, a person is a substantial customer of an airport operator if subsection (2) or (3) applies (or they both apply).

  2. This subsection applies if the person paid, or was liable to pay, the airport operator an amount—

  3. relating to identified aerodrome activities undertaken during the airport operator’s last accounting period; and
    1. exceeding 5% of the total revenue paid or payable to the airport operator in relation to identified aerodrome activities undertaken during that period.

      1. This subsection applies if the person is authorised in writing to represent, and exercise the powers of a substantial customer under this subpart in relation to, a number of persons and—

      2. those persons in aggregate paid, or were liable to pay, the airport operator an amount—
        1. relating to identified aerodrome activities undertaken during the airport operator’s last accounting period; and
          1. exceeding 5% of the total revenue paid or payable to the airport operator in relation to identified aerodrome activities undertaken during that period; and
          2. the person has provided the airport operator with a copy of the authorisations for inspection.

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