On the prohibition of aeroplanes

In this law, the term aeroplane is defined as: a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces.

For the purpose of reducing carbon emissions and making cities quieter and more liveable, this law bans all aeroplanes from the aerospace of Tekniania, with the following exceptions:

1) International passenger aeroplanes, with the following restrictions and allowances:
i) Flights shall only take off from Tekniania Vaitayaki International Airport,
ii) Flights shall take predetermined flight routes, which take them at least 50 kilometres away from any inhabited settlement,
iii) Flights shall only take place when they are necessary, or, when a flight is the only possible mean of easily getting to the flight destination,
iv) During times of war, when other nations may wish to evacute their citizens from the Allied States of Tekniania with passenger aeroplanes, they may do so via the shortest route possible.

2) Military aeroplanes, with the following restrictions and allowances:
i) Whenever possible, military aeroplanes shall avoid settlements,
ii) Training exercises are to take place in designated training zones, unless there is a legitimate reason for them to take place over settlements,
iii) Flyovers of military aeroplanes are allowed during military parades and other such government sanctioned displays of the military.

3) International aid aeroplanes, with the following restrictions and allowances:
i) If these are foreign aeroplanes, they shall register themselves with the Teknianian Aerospace Control Centre (henceforth referred to as the TACC),
ii) These flights may pass over inhabited settlements if the aid that they are carrying is deemed immediate enough by the TACC.

This law also introduces the following consequences for an unauthorised flight of an aeroplane in Teknianian aerospace:

1) As soon it is detected by Air Guard radars, an Air Guard aircraft shall be dispatched to discern what the purpose of the flight is, with the following courses of action, dependent on response and type of aeroplane:
i) If the purpose of the flight is not stated, no communication can be established or the aeroplane is of an unfriendly power to the Allied States, an order shall be given to leave Teknianian aerospace. If it is not obeyed,
the dispatched aircraft may use whatever force is necessary to force it to set down or leave Teknianian aerospace.
ii) If a good enough reason for violating Teknianian aerospace is given, the aeroplane may continue on its course, however, only if it is allowed to do so by the Air Guard base which dispatched the intercepting aircraft.
iii) If, on the approach of the Air Guard aircraft, the aeroplane turns back towards foreign aerospace, it shall be allowed to continue. However, if it is an aeroplane of an unfriendly power, the Air Guard aircraft shall
demand an explanation for this violation of Teknianian aerospace. If the explanation is deemed to be insufficient or, simply, made up, the Air Guard aircraft may attack the enemy aeroplane.

2) If the aeroplane is of a foreign power, an explanation shall be demanded of its origin power.

3) If the aeroplane is of Teknianian origin, the pilot and everyone on board may receive, depending on the size and flight time of the aeroplane, a penalty of 500 - 70,000 pounds.

Approved and ratified by the 54th General Council of Tekniania on 3d of September, 2034.
Signed into law and announced by Her Excellency, The Speaker of the 54th General Council of Tekniania, Reapi Rakai.