The Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol are laws that apply in New Zealand. You need to know that these laws have the same power as laws made in New Zealand. The New Zealand government can make declarations that affect how these laws work here.

The Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol can be affected by declarations made by New Zealand. These declarations are made under the Convention or Protocol and can change how the laws work in New Zealand. You can find more information about similar laws by looking at the Civil Aviation Act 1986.

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433: Interpretation in this Part, or

"What special words mean in this part of the law"

435: Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol to have effect in place of New Zealand law in certain circumstances, or

"Cape Town rules override New Zealand law in certain aircraft matters"

Part 10Regulations and miscellaneous provisions
Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol

434Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol to have force of law

The provisions of the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol have the force of law in New Zealand.
Despite subsection (1), the operation of the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol in New Zealand is subject to any declaration that New Zealand has made under the Convention or Protocol.

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1990 No 98 s 105