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169: Effect of being liable for deportation
or “What happens when you're liable for deportation”
You could also call this:

“Notice required before deportation in most cases”

If the government wants to deport you, they must give you a notice called a deportation liability notice. This rule applies in most cases, but there are two exceptions. You don’t need to get this notice if you’re in New Zealand illegally or if you’re named in a special deportation order under section 163.

When the government gives you this notice in person, only an immigration officer can hand it to you. Sometimes, someone else might give it to you on behalf of an immigration officer.

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Part 6 Deportation
Notification of liability for deportation

170Deportation liability notice

  1. A deportation liability notice must be served on a person liable for deportation if it is intended to execute the deportation of the person.

  2. Subsection (1) applies unless—

  3. the person is liable for deportation on the grounds of being unlawfully in New Zealand; or
    1. the person is named in a deportation order under section 163.

      1. If a deportation liability notice is served by way of personal service, it may be served only by an immigration officer or by another person on behalf of an immigration officer.

      Notes
      • Section 170(3): replaced, on , by section 45 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).