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420: Information requirements for carrier, and person in charge, of commercial craft
or “Information required from commercial transport operators before arriving in New Zealand”
You could also call this:

“Reporting requirements for craft operators when passengers who entered New Zealand before 2009 leave on a different craft”

If you were on a craft that came to New Zealand before section 404 started, and you didn’t need a permit to be in New Zealand because of certain rules in the old law, but you’re not on that craft when it’s leaving New Zealand, there are some rules to follow.

The people in charge of the craft have to tell an immigration officer about you. They need to report about you just like they would for a crew member or someone in a special group. They have to do this according to section 118(1)(c) of the law.

This rule makes sure that the people running the craft keep track of everyone who came on it, even if you’re not leaving on the same craft. It’s a way to keep records of who comes in and out of New Zealand.

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Next up: 422: Obligations of carriers of craft leaving New Zealand to provide passage

or “Carriers must help and pay for people they brought to NZ without proper papers to leave”
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Part 12 Repeals, transitional provisions, saving provisions, and related matters
Transitional and savings provisions: Arrivals and departures

421Reporting obligations of carriers, and persons in charge, of craft leaving New Zealand

  1. This section applies in respect of a person if,—

  2. before the commencement of section 404 of this Act, the person was on board a craft when it arrived in New Zealand; and
    1. on arrival, the person was exempt under section 11(1)(c), (d), or (e) of the former Act from the requirement to hold a permit to be in New Zealand; and
      1. on or after the commencement of section 404 of this Act, the person is not aboard the craft when the craft is leaving New Zealand.

        1. The obligations of the carrier, and the person in charge, of the craft to report to an immigration officer under section 118(1)(c) of this Act apply in respect of a person described in subsection (1) as if the person were a member of the crew or a person of a class prescribed for the purposes of that section, as the case may be.