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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Unruly passenger offences - Preliminary provisions

390: Liability for offences against this subpart despite extraterritoriality

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"Breaking the law on a plane outside New Zealand can still get you in trouble."

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If you do something wrong on a plane that is not in New Zealand, you can still get in trouble. This is because the law says you are liable, which means you are responsible, as if you did the wrong thing in New Zealand. You can be liable for things you do on a plane outside New Zealand if they would be against the law if you did them in New Zealand, and this is part of the Civil Aviation Act 2023, which you can find more information about by looking at related laws, such as the one found at s 65B.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Unruly passenger offences: Preliminary provisions

390Liability for offences against this subpart despite extraterritoriality

  1. A person who commits an act or omission on an aircraft in flight outside New Zealand that would be an offence against this subpart if it occurred within New Zealand is, subject to this Act, liable as if the act or omission had occurred in New Zealand.

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