Pursuant to sections 38, 40, and 100 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Civil Aviation Charges Regulations (No 2) 1991 Amendment Regulations 2014.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2014.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Civil Aviation Charges Regulations (No 2) 1991 (the principal regulations).

4 New regulation 10A inserted (Airport identity card)

After regulation 10, insert:
“10A Airport identity card

“(1) The fee for an application to the Director for the issue or approval of an airport identity card under rule 19.357(a), Part 19 of the Civil Aviation Rules is $62.45.

“(2) The fee for an application to the Director for the issue of a temporary airport identity card referred to in rule 19.357(h), Part 19 of the Civil Aviation Rules is $7.95.”

5 Regulation 20 amended (International passenger security charges)

Replace regulation 20(1) with:
- “(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 the appropriate international passenger security charge specified in the following table for each international civil air passenger departing from New Zealand on an aircraft operated by that operator:”
  
  Date of departure International passenger security charge
  
  On or after 1 April 2014 but before 1 April 2017 $11.98
  
  On or after 1 April 2017 $11.01

6 Regulation 20A amended (Domestic passenger security charges)

Replace regulation 20A(1) with:

“(1) For the purpose of providing funds for the maintenance and operation of the Aviation Security Service, a person described in subclause (1A), in respect of an air operation conducted in New Zealand on an aircraft with a passenger seating capacity of 90 or more passengers, must pay to the Authority the appropriate domestic passenger security charge specified in the following table for each passenger carried on each domestic sector of the operation:”

Date of carriage of passenger Domestic passenger security charge

On or after 1 April 2014 but before 1 April 2015 $3.82

On or after 1 April 2015 but before 1 April 2016 $3.71

On or after 1 April 2016 $3.65

Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2014, amend the Civil Aviation Charges Regulations (No 2) 1991 (the principal regulations).

Regulation 4 inserts new regulation 10A, which provides for the following new fees:

$62.45 for an application for the issue or approval of an airport identity card under rule 19.357(a), Part 19 of the Civil Aviation Rules:
$7.95 for an application for the issue of a temporary airport identity card referred to in clause 19.357(h), Part 19 of the Civil Aviation Rules.

Regulation 5 amends the international passenger security charge (set out in regulation 20 of the principal regulations). The amendment provides for the current charge of $11.98 for each departing international civil air passenger to decrease on 1 April 2017 to $11.01.

Regulation 6 amends the domestic passenger security charge (set out in regulation 20A of the principal regulations). A decrease is provided for (in graduated downward steps on 1 April in each of 2014, 2015, and 2016) from the current rate of $4.60 to $3.65 by 1 April 2016.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 27 February 2014.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Transport.

Civil Aviation Charges Regulations (No 2) 1991 Amendment Regulations 2014