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101: Obligations in relation to craft en route to or arriving in New Zealand
or “Rules for bringing people into New Zealand by air or sea”
You could also call this:

“Rules for vehicle operators to provide passenger information when entering or leaving New Zealand”

This part of the law explains what people who run planes, ships, or other vehicles coming to New Zealand must do. It’s all about keeping New Zealand safe and making sure the rules are followed.

If you’re in charge of a vehicle coming to New Zealand, you need to tell the government some information. This includes details about everyone who wants to travel on your vehicle to or from New Zealand, even if they didn’t end up getting on board. You have to share this information because section 96 of the law says so.

Sometimes, the government might say you don’t have to give all this information. But even if that happens, they can still ask you for some of it up to 14 days before or after your vehicle arrives in or leaves New Zealand.

When you give this information, you need to do it in the way the government asks. They’ll tell you how to share it, when to share it, and for how long you need to keep sharing it.

The government can keep this information to help them do their job. This includes things like making sure the immigration rules are followed, stopping people from breaking these rules, and keeping New Zealand’s borders safe.

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Part 4 Arrivals and departures
Obligations in relation to craft coming to New Zealand

102Obligations of carriers, and persons in charge, of craft to provide information

  1. The purpose of this section is to facilitate—

  2. the exercise or performance of powers, functions, or duties under this Act:
    1. the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of immigration offences:
      1. the protection of border security.

        1. A carrier, and a person in charge, of a commercial craft who is required under section 96 to provide information to the chief executive must also provide to the chief executive the information prescribed for the purposes of this section about every person who intends or intended to board the craft for the purpose of—

        2. travelling to New Zealand, including persons who did not board the craft for any reason (including because of a decision made by the chief executive under section 97); or
          1. travelling from New Zealand, including persons who did not board the craft for any reason (including because of a decision made by the chief executive under section 97A).

            1. The chief executive may, by notice in writing, in any specified circumstances, exempt a carrier, or a person in charge, of a commercial craft from complying with some or all of the requirements under subsection (2).

            2. Despite being granted an exemption, a carrier, or a person in charge, of a commercial craft must provide to the chief executive—

            3. some or all of the information required under subsection (2)(a) if requested by the chief executive not more than 14 days before or after the arrival of the craft in New Zealand; or
              1. some or all of the information required under subsection (2)(b) if requested by the chief executive not more than 14 days before or after the departure of the craft from New Zealand.

                1. Information required under subsection (2) or (4) must be provided, or otherwise made available,—

                2. in a form and manner approved by the chief executive; and
                  1. on the date, or at the time, specified by the chief executive; and
                    1. for the period, if any, specified by the chief executive.

                      1. Information provided or otherwise made available to the chief executive under this section may be retained by the chief executive for any of the purposes listed in subsection (1).

                      Notes
                      • Section 102: replaced, on , by section 28 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).
                      • Section 102(2): replaced, on , by section 274 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (2017 No 10).
                      • Section 102(3): replaced, on , by section 274 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (2017 No 10).
                      • Section 102(4): replaced, on , by section 274 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (2017 No 10).