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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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The Economy Special Round Trip Tariff from New Zealand to Australia Notice 1983

PURSUANT to section 29A (2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1964, the Minister of Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

1. Title, commencement, and expiry—(1) This notice may be cited as the Economy Special Round Trip Tariff from New Zealand to Australia Notice 1983.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the date of its publication in the Gazette and shall expire with the 9th day of December 1983.

2. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“The Act” means the Civil Aviation Act 1964;

“AUD” means Australian dollars:

“Mile” means a statute mile:

“NZD” means New Zealand dollars:

“Qualifying inclusive tour” has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation (Passenger Agents’ Commission Regime) Notice 1983*:

“Specified fare” in relation to the carriage of any passenger from New Zealand to Australia and return to New Zealand means a fare specified in clause 3 of this notice:

“Travel” means international carriage by air of passengers and of passengers’ baggage.

(2) Every expression defined in section 2 or section 29A (12) of the Act shall have the meaning assigned to it by that section.

(3) Where in any subclause of clause 4 of this notice it is provided that any standard condition is to be imported into that clause, that shall be read as if that standard condition had been substituted for that provision that—

(a) Travel may be arranged, provided, and sold, or any of them, at that fare; and

(b) Any person may undertake, or advertise his ability or willingness, to arrange, provide, and sell or any of them, travel at that fare;—

and where in any provision of this notice it is provided that a fare shall not apply, that provision shall be given a corresponding meaning.

PART I—FARES

3. Fares—(1) The fare of NZD 399 per adult passenger may apply to travel—

(a) From Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington to Sydney and return to Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington; or

(b) From Christchurch to Hobart and return to Christchurch.

(2) The fare of NZD 499 per adult passenger may apply to travel from Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington to Melbourne and return to Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington.

(3) The fare of NZD 449 per adult passenger may apply to travel from Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington to Brisbane and return to Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington.

(4) The fare of NZD 799 per adult passenger may apply to travel from Auckland to Darwin or Perth and return from Darwin or Perth to Auckland.

(5) The fare of NZD 549 per adult passenger may apply to travel from Auckland to Adelaide and return to Auckland.

(6) The fare of NZD 599 per adult passenger may apply to travel from Auckland to Townsville and return to Auckland.

PART II—CONDITIONS

4. Conditions—Notwithstanding clause 3 of this notice, no specified fare shall apply unless the travel concerned is arranged, provided, and sold, subject to the following conditions:

(1) Application—The specified fares shall not apply except for economy class round trip travel from Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington, to Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney or Townsville and return:

(2) Period of application of the specified fares—A specified fare shall not apply unless travel is commenced before the 30th day of November 1983 and completed before the 10th day of December 1983:

(3) Fares—Standard condition 3 shall be imported into this clause:

(4) Validity—A specified fare shall not apply—

(a) Unless travel is commenced and completed within the period specified in subclause (2) of this clause; or

(b) If return travel from Australia is to be or is commenced less than 10 days after arrival in Australia (including that day);

except that the provisions for extension of ticket validity and for the waiver of minimum stay requirement e.g. standard condition 4 shall be imported into this clause:

(5) Group size—The application of a specified fare shall not be affected by the fact that any person is travelling on an individual basis, or by the size of any group:

(6) Stopovers—A specified fare shall not apply if any stopover or transfer is provided for otherwise than at the point of turnaround:

(7) Advertising and sales—Standard condition 7 shall be imported into this clause except that—

(a) Advertising and sales of travel at a specified fare shall be restricted to New Zealand except that sales may be permitted in Australia if, and only if, that sale is made on the basis of a prepaid ticket advice transmitted to New Zealand for travel at a specified fare commencing and returning to New Zealand;

(b) Any advertising of travel at a specified fare shall specify the basic conditions applicable to that fare:

(8) Affinity, own use, and incentive provisions—The application of a specified fare shall not be affected by any condition relating to travel by affinity, own use, or incentive groups:

(9) Baggage—Standard condition 9 shall be imported into this clause (excluding the provisions of the piece system and including the provisions of the weight system); and—

(a) The free baggage allowance shall be 20 kilograms per passenger; and

(b) The charge for excess baggage over and above the free allowance permitted under subclause (9) (a) of this clause shall be—

(i) From New Zealand to Australia, NZD5 per kilogram;

(ii) From Australia to New Zealand, AUD4 per kilogram:

(10) Cancellations and refunds—Standard condition 10 shall be imported into this clause except that—

(a) In the event of voluntary cancellation before the commencement of outbound travel at a specified fare, 50 percent of that fare shall be forfeited and the residue of that fare shall be refunded:

(b) In the event of voluntary cancellation after the commencement of outbound travel at a specified fare, the residue of that fare relating to the inbound travel shall be forfeited and shall not be refunded:

(11) Combinations—Standard condition 11 shall be imported into this clause except that—

(a) A specified fare shall not apply if it is combined with any fare that is not a domestic fare for air carriage within New Zealand or within Australia;

(b) One half of a specified fare may be combined with one half of another specified fare to permit open jaw travel either on a single or return open jaw basis:

(12) Commission—Standard condition 12 shall be imported into this clause:

(13) Discounts—The provisions of standard condition 13 in respect of discounts for children and infants only shall be imported into this clause except that a specified fare shall not apply if any discount other than the following is provided:

(a) A discount of 90 percent of the applicable specified fare shall be permitted for one accompanied infant per adult passenger;

(b) A discount of one third of the applicable specified fare shall be permitted for each accompanied child:

(14) Documentation—Standard condition 14 shall be imported into this clause:

(15) Eligibility—Standard condition 15 shall be imported into this clause:

(16) Minimum tour price—The application of a specified fare shall not be affected by any conditions relating to a minimum tour price:

(17) Modification of inclusive tours—Standard condition 17 shall be imported into this clause but shall have effect only where a specified fare is used to construct a qualifying inclusive tour:

(18) Name changes and additional passengers—The application of a specified fare shall not be affected by any condition relating to name changes or additional passengers:

(19) Passenger expenses—A specified fare shall not apply if any passenger expenses are, or are to be, absorbed by any carrier providing travel at that fare:

(20) Payment—Standard condition 20 shall be imported into this notice except that a specified fare shall not apply unless full payment is made to the ticketing carrier by—

(a) No later than 48 hours after confirmation of reservations; or