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Immigration Act 2009

Compliance and information - Powers of entry, inspection, etc

277C: Departmental annual report to record exercise of entry and search powers under section 277A

You could also call this:

"Annual Report on Immigration Officers' Search Powers"

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The chief executive must include some information in their annual report. You will see the number of times immigration officers used their powers to enter and search places under section 277A. The report will also say how many people were charged with certain offences, like those under sections 350, 351, or 351A, if the search helped find evidence. The chief executive does not have to include information about searches that people agreed to. The annual report is prepared for the purposes of section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989, which you can find on the New Zealand legislation website https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM162464

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Part 8Compliance and information
Powers of entry, inspection, etc

277CDepartmental annual report to record exercise of entry and search powers under section 277A

  1. The chief executive must include in every annual report prepared by the chief executive for the purposes of section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989—

  2. the number of occasions during the period covered by the report on which immigration officers exercised the powers conferred by section 277A(3)(a) or (b), or both; and
    1. the number of persons charged during the period covered by the report with an offence under section 350, 351, or 351A, if the collection of evidence relevant to the offence was significantly assisted by the exercise of the powers under section 277A(3)(a) or (b), or both.

      1. To avoid doubt, this section does not require the chief executive to include in any annual report information about an entry or a search undertaken by consent.

      Notes
      • Section 277C: inserted, on , by section 66 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).
      • Section 277C(1)(b): amended, on , by section 31 of the Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 75).