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Immigration Act 2009

Arrivals and departures - Turnaround provisions

114: Person failing to present and apply for entry permission

You could also call this:

“Consequences for not presenting yourself or applying for entry permission when arriving in New Zealand”

If you arrive in New Zealand from another country, you need to follow certain rules. A police officer can arrest you and take you to an immigration officer if they think you didn’t follow these rules. This can happen in three situations:

  1. You entered New Zealand at a place that’s not an official entry point, and you didn’t do what section 103 of the law says you should do.

  2. You recently came to New Zealand at a place that’s not an official entry point, and the police officer thinks you won’t do what section 103 says you should do.

  3. You came to New Zealand at an official entry point, but you didn’t do what section 103 says you should do.

In all these cases, the police officer needs to have a good reason to think you didn’t or won’t follow the rules. If they arrest you, they will take you to an immigration officer who will decide what to do next according to the law.

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Part 4 Arrivals and departures
Turnaround provisions

114Person failing to present and apply for entry permission

  1. A constable may arrest a person, and present him or her to an immigration officer for the purposes of making decisions in relation to the person under this Act, if the constable has good cause to suspect that—

  2. the person arrived in New Zealand from another country elsewhere than at an immigration control area or other prescribed place, and did not comply with the requirements of section 103 or any regulations referred to in that section; or
    1. the person recently arrived in New Zealand from another country elsewhere than at an immigration control area or other prescribed place and will not comply with the requirements of section 103 or any regulations referred to in that section; or
      1. the person arrived in New Zealand from another country at an immigration control area or other prescribed place and did not comply with the requirements of section 103 or any regulations referred to in that section.

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