4.32 General Operating Restrictions

4.32.2 State the restrictions on smoking in an aircraft. CA Act 2023, section 402

402 No smoking

(1) No person may smoke—

• (a) when instructed not to smoke by a crew member, passenger information signs, or placards; or
• (b) while on any aircraft that is carrying passengers for hire or reward on any internal flight; or
• (c) while on any aircraft operated by a New Zealand international airline carrying passengers on any route.

(2) A person who breaches subsection (1) commits an infringement offence and is liable to—

• (a) an infringement fee of $500; or
• (b) a fine imposed by a court not exceeding $2,500.

(3) In this section,—

• internal flight means a flight—

  (a) between any 2 or more places in New Zealand; or

  (b) that commences from any place in New Zealand and is intended to terminate at that same place

• New Zealand international airline means an air transport enterprise that—

  (a) is designated, or seeking to be designated, as an airline that is entitled to offer air transport services as a New Zealand airline under an air services agreement (or similar arrangement) between New Zealand and any other country or territory; or