Except with the prior written consent of the airport manager, no person may—

• (a) erect any structure on airport property, roads, or verges, or affix any display, advertisement, poster, or placard to, or on, any part of the airport property:

• (b) display or distribute within the airport any pamphlets, circulars, advertising brochures, handbills, writing, pictures, or any other loose-leaf material advertising any product or service:

• (c) display or distribute any pamphlets, circulars, advertising brochures, handbills, writing, pictures, or any other loose-leaf material—

  • (i) in any area of the airport external to the airport buildings; or

  • (ii) at any entrance or exit within the airport building:

• (d) display or distribute any pamphlets, circulars, advertising brochures, handbills, writing, pictures, or any other loose-leaf material in a manner that interferes with the safe operation of the airport or any other person's use of the airport facilities.

(1) Except with the prior written consent of the airport manager, no person may bring an animal into the airport unless the animal is—

• (a) to be delivered to a person authorised to accept it under a contract of carriage with an airline; and

• (b) confined so as to make it impossible for it to escape; and

• (c) under proper control and properly cared for.

(2) Nothing in this bylaw applies to—

• (a) a guide dog engaged in guiding a blind person, or a person with a disability, and kept under restraint by harness:

• (b) a dog under the control of a police or Customs officer and being used in the course of duty:

• (c) stock that, with the consent of the company, is brought on to the airport and grazed in areas set aside for grazing.

(1) For the purposes of this bylaw the company or the airport manager may, from time to time, designate areas or places at the airport as restricted areas.

(2) Every restricted area must be indicated by conspicuous signs or notices.

(3) No person may, except in accordance with conditions imposed by the airport manager, enter or remain in a restricted area.

(4) Every person who enters or remains in a restricted area, otherwise than in accordance with conditions imposed by the company, must leave that area immediately at the request of an airport official.

(5) Nothing in subclause (3) or (4) applies to—

• (a) a person authorised to enter and remain in the restricted area for the purpose of discharging any duty or providing any service:

• (b) passengers boarding or leaving an aircraft stationed on the apron.

(1) No person may, in any part of the airport open to the public, not being an airport bar as defined in section 2 of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989,—

• (a) drink any intoxicating liquor; or

• (b) have in his or her possession or control any intoxicating liquor for consumption in that part of the airport.

(2) No person may, in any part of the airport,—

• (a) behave in a disorderly or indecent manner or be drunk; or

• (b) behave in a manner, or do any act, which threatens public order or safety or the safety or security of persons or property; or

• (c) cause a nuisance to, or annoy, any person at the airport by—

  • (i) using insulting or offensive language; or

  • (ii) behaving in an insulting, rowdy, or offensive manner; or

• (d) throw, leave, or drop any article, thing, or substance capable of—

  • (i) injuring, annoying, or creating a hazard for any person; or

  • (ii) damaging or creating a hazard for property; or

  • (iii) fouling any part of the airport; or

• (e) without lawful authority climb, or attempt to climb, a wall, fence, banner, railing, or post; or

• (f) wilfully give a false fire, ambulance, or other emergency alarm; or

• (g) without lawful authority, leave a door or gate giving access to or from a restricted area open or unfastened.

(3) An airport official or member of the police who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has contravened any part of subclause (2) may require that person to leave the airport and that person must do so immediately.

(1) The airport manager may, in terms of Civil Aviation Rule 19.357 or any equivalent rule,—

• (a) issue identity cards to persons employed at the airport:

• (b) issue temporary passes to any visitor, or to any class or classes of visitors, to the airport.

(2) An identity card or temporary pass must be carried by the person to whom it is issued so as to be clearly visible at all times when he or she is in a restricted area.

(3) Access to a restricted area is limited to the area described on the identity card or temporary pass, or as advised to the holder.

(4) An airport official or a member of the police may require a person to leave a restricted area, and that person must do so immediately if—

• (a) the person—

  • (i) has been issued with an identity card or temporary pass; and

  • (ii) refuses, or is unable, to produce the card or the pass for inspection:

• (b) the person is employed at the airport but is not at the time on duty.

(5) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this bylaw and the Civil Aviation Act 1990 or the Civil Aviation Rules, the provisions of the Act or Rules prevail.

No person may obstruct, hinder, or interfere with—

• (a) the proper use of the airport or activities lawfully carried on at the airport:

• (b) any person lawfully carrying out any duty at the airport.

Except with the prior written approval of the airport manager, no person may solicit funds, canvass for subscriptions, sell raffle or lottery tickets, or appeal for donations at the airport.

(1) The airport manager may direct any person or persons participating within the airport in any reception, parade, exhibition, display, demonstration, protest march, or organised assembly to leave the airport or move to an area of the airport designated by the airport manager.

(2) The airport manager may only give a direction under subclause (1) if he or she is satisfied that the direction is reasonably necessary in order to—

• (a) ensure the safety of the public within the airport; or

• (b) maintain airport security; or

• (c) maintain order for the use of airport services by the public; or

• (d) prevent insulting or offensive behaviour or a breach of the peace.

Except with the prior written approval of the airport manager, no person may install a public or private telephone, or any transmission/communication device, within the airport.

No person may—

• (a) without lawful authority, damage or destroy any part of the airport or any vehicle or equipment used in connection with it:

• (b) deposit, or cause to be deposited, in any coin-operated machine provided by the company anything other than the proper coin required for its operation:

• (c) abandon any property or deposit any waste, refuse, or offensive or dangerous material at the airport:

• (d) place or allow to be placed in any drain, soak-hole, water intake, channel, or outlet, or in any sanitary fitting or appliance, any refuse, broken glass, or substance likely to foul, injure, or obstruct it or affect its operation.

(1) The company may, from time to time, designate an area or areas of the airport in which smoking is prohibited and must erect or install a warning notice or notices in letters of a size that may be easily read, containing the words “No Smoking” together with any other details that may be necessary.

(2) The company may, from time to time, prescribe an area or areas within the airport in which lighted and naked flames are prohibited, and must install a warning notice or notices to define the area or areas.

(3) No person may smoke in, or produce or bring any lighted or naked flame into, any place in the airport where it is prohibited under this bylaw, or in or upon the apron, manoeuvring area, or movement area, or a restricted area, or within 50 metres of an aircraft or a store or container of liquid fuel or explosives.

(4) No person may do any act that causes or is likely to cause a fire in any place in the airport except pursuant to a specific written authority from the company.

(1) The company may, from time to time, make any area of the airport available as an airport road.

(2) The company may, in relation to an airport road or any part of it, from time to time for operational or safety reasons,—

• (a) open the road or any part of it to members of the public generally or a specified class or specified classes of persons:

• (b) close the road or any part of it:

• (c) revoke or vary the right of members of the public generally or a specified class or specified classes of persons to use the road or any part of it:

• (d) declare that the road or any part of it is no longer available for use as an airport road:

• (e) alter the area, size, or location of the road or any part of it:

• (f) restrict traffic movement to 1 direction only:

• (g) set aside any part of the road for use at all times or during specified times as a loading zone for motor vehicles loading or unloading passengers or goods or as a place where such vehicles may wait between trips:

• (h) set aside any part of the road for parking subject to any prohibitions, limitations, and restrictions as the company may from time to time impose:

• (i) restrict the speed of vehicles.

(3) The company may, from time to time, impose prohibitions, limitations, and restrictions on the use, stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles or any specified category of motor vehicle on any airport road or any part of it and may install and operate parking control systems.

(4) The company must erect notices or signs governing the use of airport roads in a manner set out in the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 (54002), and all prohibitions, limitations, and restrictions imposed on the use of airport roads, whether under these bylaws, by the company, or otherwise, must be indicated by signs installed or marked out by the company in accordance with those Rules.

(1) Every driver and every person who is in charge of a vehicle must comply with any lawful direction for the regulation of traffic given by a member of the police or an airport official and with every traffic sign, directional indicator, line, dome, zone, or marking laid down, placed, or made on, or adjacent to, an airport road or parking area.

(2) No driver or person in charge of any vehicle may—

• (a) drive or attempt to drive the vehicle across, or leave it on, any part of the airport that is not marked out as an airport road, or in respect of which the company has exercised its powers under bylaw 15(3):

• (b) enter or leave in the vehicle, or attempt to enter or leave in the vehicle, any parking space by a route that is not marked out for the purpose.

(3) Nothing in subclause (2) applies to authorised vehicles in a restricted area.

(1) Not more than 6 motorcycles may be parked in a single parking space.

(2) Every motorcycle that is parked in a parking space must be parked substantially at right angles to the kerb or footpath.

(1) Every coupon required to be displayed in accordance with a parking control system on a motor vehicle must—

• (a) be displayed in accordance with the instructions printed on it; and

• (b) show the date and time of commencement of parking in accordance with the instructions printed on it.

(2) If 2 or more coupons are displayed on a motor vehicle, to cover the period during which the vehicle is to be parked in a coupon parking area, the time of commencement of parking indicated in the second and subsequent coupon or coupons must run immediately after the time of expiry of the period of parking indicated on the coupon for the prior period of parking.

(1) The driver or other person in charge of a motor vehicle must, on being required to do so by a member of the police or an airport official, produce every coupon displayed on the vehicle for inspection by that member of the police or airport official.

(2) A member of the police or an airport official may take possession of any coupon produced for inspection.

No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle may park the vehicle in a parking area in excess of the time allowed by a coupon displayed on the vehicle.

(1) No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle may park the vehicle in a parking space across any line marking a parking space, or in such a position that the vehicle is not completely within that space.

(2) No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle may park the vehicle in a parking space which is already occupied by another vehicle.

(3) If the parking space is parallel to the general direction of traffic in the immediate vicinity, the driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle must park the vehicle so that it is headed in the general direction of the movement of traffic on that side of the road.

(4) If the parking space is at an angle to the general direction of traffic in the immediate vicinity, the driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle must park the vehicle in such a manner that it is facing substantially in the general direction of the movement of traffic on that side of the road and parallel to the parking space.

(5) No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle may cause or allow it to remain in a parking space if the time allowed by the parking control system applying to that parking space has expired.

(6) No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle may enter or leave any parking area through any toll gate or other payment-required entry or exit without making the required payment.

(7) No driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle may park in any parking space that is clearly identified (by sign, line, dome zone, or marking laid down or placed on, or adjacent to, that parking space or parking spaces) as being restricted to a specific class of vehicle or for a specific purpose, unless that vehicle is of that class or for that purpose.

(1) If the airport manager considers that the use of any parking space or spaces should be temporarily discontinued, he or she may erect an appropriate notice at the parking space or spaces and (except with the prior written approval of the airport manager, for the period stated in the approval) no person may park a motor vehicle at the parking space or spaces while the notice is placed there.

(2) No person may—

• (a) misuse a parking control system:

• (b) interfere or tamper with, or attempt to interfere or tamper with, the working or operation of a parking control system:

• (c) without lawful authority, affix, or attempt to affix, a placard, advertisement, notice, list, board, or other thing to a parking control system:

• (d) paint or write on, or disfigure, a parking control system.

(3) No person may deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking control system any article or thing except by the method prescribed for payment of the prescribed charge.

(4) No person may park a vehicle on any grassed or planted or prohibited area on the airport or in any place on the airport other than a designated parking area.

(5) No person may drive a vehicle on any grassed or planted or prohibited area on the airport or on any place on the airport other than an airport road.

(6) The company may remove any vehicle, which is parked in contravention of subclause (4) or otherwise parked without compliance with a parking control system, from any place on the airport at the cost of the owner or driver.

(7) The company may remove and dispose of any vehicle or other article abandoned on any place on the airport without any liability to the owner or any other person.

(1) The company may, from time to time, restrict the speed at which motor vehicles may be driven at any locality at the airport.

(2) No person may drive a motor vehicle, other than an ambulance, police, traffic or fire vehicle on an urgent mission, on an airport road at a speed in excess of 50 km/h or, where any other speed has been prescribed by the company for any locality and notified by appropriate and conspicuous signs, at any speed in excess of the speed prescribed.

(1) The driver of a small passenger service vehicle that is in the passenger terminal area for the purposes of hire must, unless otherwise directed by a member of the police or an airport official, park the vehicle on a small passenger service vehicle stand and wait his or her turn for hiring.

(2) The company may issue a prepaid card or receipt in respect of the use of a small passenger service vehicle stand by the driver of a small passenger service vehicle.

(3) The driver of a small passenger service vehicle using a small passenger service vehicle stand and holding a prepaid card or receipt for that use must, on demand by a member of the police or an airport official, produce for inspection the prepaid card or receipt in respect of that particular use.

(4) Where no prepaid card or receipt for use of a small passenger service vehicle stand has been issued by the company, the driver of a small passenger service vehicle must pay such charges as are set by the company for the pickup of passengers at the airport.

(5) The company may require any particular class of small passenger service vehicle in the passenger terminal area for the purposes of hire (whether pre-booked or not) to hold a licence issued by the company, and may determine the criteria for, and the terms of, any such licence and may, for operational reasons, restrict or control small passenger service vehicle movements at the terminal.

No person may drive a motor vehicle, and no person in charge of a motor vehicle may allow a motor vehicle to be driven, on an airport road in a manner or condition that does not comply with the provisions of the Land Transport Rules or any regulations made under the Land Transport Act 1998 or these bylaws.

(1) No person may clean, repair, or work on a motor vehicle at the airport except in a motor vehicle repair shop or other area set aside by the company for the purpose.

(2) Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a person making running repairs to, or working on, a motor vehicle to enable it to be driven away.

The driver or person in charge of any vehicle must at all times give way to aircraft moving on or near to the ground.

The driver or person in charge of a passenger service vehicle must not load or unload passengers, or luggage or freight, except at a place set aside by the company for the purpose and indicated by an appropriate sign or signs. In the case of a private motor vehicle, passengers and their luggage may be loaded or unloaded at any place where the vehicle may lawfully be parked.

No person may stop, stand, or park a mobile refuelling tanker on the apron except with the prior permission of the airport manager. The tanker must be removed from the apron immediately after the refuelling operation is complete.

The driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle that is involved in an accident that disrupts traffic movement must, as soon as reasonably possible,—

• (a) report the accident to an airport official; and

• (b) supply his or her name and address to the official; and

• (c) supply the registration number of the vehicle to the official.

(1) Except with the prior permission of any airport official, no person may clean down or carry out maintenance or repair work on an aircraft or a vehicle used in connection with aircraft operations except in a hangar or an area designated by the company for the purpose.

(2) Any permission under subclause (1) may be amended or revoked at any time.

(1) The airport manager may, from time to time, specify periods of time during which aircraft may remain stationed on the apron.

(2) The person in charge of an aircraft must move the aircraft when directed to do so by an airport official.

(3) No person may cause or permit an aircraft to remain stationed on the apron for a period of time in excess of the period applicable to that aircraft and prescribed under this bylaw.

No person may cause or permit an aircraft to be stationed on the apron except at a place that the airport manager directs.

(1) No person may park an aircraft except in the places and in such manner as directed by the airport manager and subject to any terms and conditions that may be specified by the airport manager from time to time.

(2) No aircraft may be left unattended at the airport unless it is properly secured against adverse weather conditions and unauthorised entry or other interference.

(1) No person operating or in charge of an aircraft may use an apron unless—

• (a) that person is authorised to do so by the airport manager; and

• (b) the use of the apron conforms with the parking pattern approved by the airport manager.

(2) Every person operating or in charge of an aircraft using an apron in contravention of subclause (1) must, when required to do so by an airport official, remove the aircraft in accordance with the directions of the official.

No person may use any vehicle or equipment, or allow any vehicle or equipment to be used, in the servicing or maintenance of aircraft if its condition is, or its contents are, likely to create a hazard by fire, flash, or otherwise to aircraft, refuelling facilities, or persons.

(1) No person may, in any part of the airport, spill, drop, throw, or deposit any oil, grease, fuel, refuse, broken glass, or any other thing or substance likely to—

• (a) foul, obstruct, damage, endanger, or create a hazard for an aircraft; or

• (b) injure or endanger any person; or

• (c) create an environmental hazard or breach any environmental standard specified by the company or any regulatory body.

(2) Any person who spills, drops, throws, or deposits in any area or place any substance or thing to which subclause (1) applies must, at the person's own expense and in accordance with any instructions of the airport manager and any applicable statute or regulation,—

• (a) immediately advise an airport official; and

• (b) have the substance or thing and any hazard created by it removed; and

• (c) make good the area or place.

(1) No person may start or run an aircraft engine in a hangar.

(2) No person may start or run an aircraft engine for the purposes of stationary testing in an open space at the airport unless—

• (a) the total duration of engine testing in respect of any aircraft does not exceed 5 minutes; or

• (b) the engine testing is carried out in a special facility approved in writing by the airport manager; or

• (c) the engine testing is carried out in the engine testing enclosure; or

• (d) the testing is carried out at any other place and in such manner as is approved in writing by the airport manager before the test commences.

No person may, at the airport, do any act that causes or is likely to cause a fire except with the written approval of the airport manager.

Every lessee, licensee, and holder of any concession at the airport must keep the floors of buildings, aprons, and adjacent areas free and clear of oil, grease, and other flammable materials.

No person may, except in an area designated by the company for the purpose,—

• (a) fill any container or the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or aircraft with liquid fuel; or

• (b) discharge liquid fuel from any container or the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or aircraft.

No person may, in any part of the airport, place, store, or accumulate any flammable substance in a way or in a quantity that is likely to create a fire hazard.

(1) All portable filling tanks, underground fuel storage tanks, installations, safety equipment, pumps, and other associated facilities must be installed at a location and operated in a manner that complies with the requirements of the airport manager, the applicable provisions of any fire code of the Nelson City Council, and any applicable regulations made under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.

(2) No person may install a fuel storage tank above or below the ground at the airport unless that person first obtains the written approval of the airport manager and any necessary permit or approvals from other authorising agencies.