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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Unruly passenger offences - Requirement for passenger to provide information

405: Consequences for failure to comply with requirements

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"What happens if you break the rules on a plane in New Zealand"

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If you are a passenger and you do not follow the rules, a constable can arrest you without a warrant. This happens if you refuse or fail to do what you are asked to do under section 404(1) or (2) without a good reason, and you keep refusing even after you are warned. You can be warned by the Director or someone the Director has authorised that you might be arrested if you keep refusing to follow the rules. If you are found guilty, you can be fined up to $1,000.

If you do not follow the rules under section 404(1) or (2) without a good reason, you are committing an offence. You also commit an offence if you give false or misleading information when you are asked to provide details. This can result in you being fined up to $1,000 if you are found guilty.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Unruly passenger offences: Requirement for passenger to provide information

405Consequences for failure to comply with requirements

  1. A constable may arrest a passenger without warrant if the passenger,—

  2. without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under section 404(1) or (2); and
    1. persists in that refusal or failure after being warned by the Director or person authorised by the Director that the passenger may be arrested for committing an offence by that refusal or failure.

      1. The passenger commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 if, without reasonable excuse, the passenger—

      2. refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under section 404(1) or (2); or
        1. gives to the Director or person authorised by the Director in response to the requirement details that are materially false or misleading.

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