(1) For the purpose of providing funds for the maintenance and operation of the Aviation Security Service, an international operator must, upon an invoice, in respect of an air operation departing from New Zealand, pay to the Authority an international passenger security charge of $15 for each international civil air passenger departing from New Zealand on an aircraft operated by that operator.
(2) The charge imposed by subclause (1) of this clause shall not be payable in respect of the following:
(a) Any member of the crew of any aircraft departing New Zealand:
(b) Any member of the crew of any aircraft being carried on an aircraft departing from New Zealand solely for the purposes of positioning that crew to carry out their duties as employees of an international operator:
(c) Any child under the age of 2 years:
(d) Any passenger travelling on an aircraft used for the purposes of the New Zealand Defence Force:
(e) Any passenger travelling on any aircraft being used specifically for the military, diplomatic, or ceremonial purposes of any Government:
(f) Any passenger in transit through New Zealand who—
(i) Does not leave the transit/arrival/departure areas of the airport; or
(ii) Leaves the transit/arrival/departure areas only because of an interruption to a flight caused by unserviceability of an aircraft or other essential facility or caused by any other delay beyond the control of the passenger or the international operator concerned:
(g) Such other persons or classes of persons as the Minister may from time to time specify by notice in the Gazette.
Regulation 20(1): amended, on 13 December 2007, by regulation 4 of the Civil Aviation Charges Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007 (SR 2007/347).
Subclause (1) was amended, as from 29 September 1994, by regulation 6 Civil Aviation Charges Regulations (No 2) 1991, Amendment No 2 (SR 1994/194) by substituting “aerodrome operating certificate”
for “aerodrome licence”
.
Subclause (1) was amended, as from 11 July 1997, by clause 4 Civil Aviation Charges Amendment Regulations 1997 (SR 1997/106) by substituting “$4”
for “$5”
.
Subclause (1) was substituted, as from 1 October 2005, by regulation 3 Civil Aviation Charges Amendment Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/156).
Subclause (1) was amended, as from 31 March 2007, by regulation 4 Civil Aviation Charges Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/73) by substituting “$12.56”
for “$8.31”
.