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Immigration Act 2009

Detention and monitoring

307: Purpose of Part

You could also call this:

“This part explains how New Zealand manages and monitors people who may need to leave the country”

This part of the law sets up a system for detaining and monitoring people who might need to leave New Zealand. It has two main goals:

The first goal is to make sure the immigration system works properly. This means managing people who have to leave New Zealand or who aren’t allowed to enter.

The second goal is to keep New Zealand safe. This involves dealing with people who might be a risk to the country’s security.

For large groups of people arriving at once, there are special rules. These rules give enough time to:

Process all the people in the group.

Check if the group, or anyone in it, might be a risk to New Zealand’s safety.

Make sure that dealing with the group doesn’t cause problems for the immigration department, courts, or prisons.

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Part 9 Detention and monitoring

307Purpose of Part

  1. The purpose of this Part is to establish a tiered detention and monitoring regime in order to ensure—

  2. the integrity of the immigration system through providing for the management of persons who are liable for deportation or turnaround; and
    1. the safety and security of New Zealand where a person who is liable for deportation may constitute or be suspected of constituting a threat or risk to security.

      1. The purposes of the warrant of commitment regime for members of a mass arrival group under this Part are—

      2. to provide a practicable and administratively workable time period within which arrival processing of the mass arrival group can be completed; and
        1. to provide a practicable and administratively workable time period within which any threat or risk to security or to the public arising from, or that may arise from, the members of the mass arrival group, whether collectively or individually, may be properly assessed; and
          1. to avoid disrupting the efficient functioning of the Department, the courts, or any prison or premises identified in a relevant warrant of commitment.

            Notes
            • Section 307(2): inserted, on , by section 11 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 39).