What quantified estimate, if any, does he hold of the costs of the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, including the cost to the Civil Aviation Authority of receiving and monitoring notifications, surveillance and enforcement costs, costs to existing Civil Aviation Rule Part 102 certificate holders, and the spray-drift externalities identified at paragraph 9 of the Ministry for Regulation's aide-mémoire MFR2026-026 of 10 February 2026?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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What quantified estimate, if any, does he hold of the costs of the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, including the cost to the Civil Aviation Authority of receiving and monitoring notifications, surveillance and enforcement costs, costs to existing Civil Aviation Rule Part 102 certificate holders, and the spray-drift externalities identified at paragraph 9 of the Ministry for Regulation's aide-mémoire MFR2026-026 of 10 February 2026?