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Health Act 1956

Quarantine

96: Ships and aircraft liable to quarantine

You could also call this:

"Ships and planes from overseas or sick areas may have to quarantine in New Zealand"

If you are on a ship coming to New Zealand from another country, your ship may have to go into quarantine. This also applies if your ship is coming from a place in New Zealand where people are sick with a quarantinable disease. If someone on your ship is sick with a disease that could spread to others, your ship may have to go into quarantine too. You should know that the same rules apply to aircraft, so if you are on a plane coming to New Zealand from another country, your plane may have to go into quarantine. This also applies if your plane is coming from a place in New Zealand where people are sick with a quarantinable disease. There are some exceptions to these rules, which are outlined in regulations made under the Health Act 1956.

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Part 4Quarantine

96Ships and aircraft liable to quarantine

  1. Except as otherwise provided in any regulations made under this Act, the following ships shall be liable to quarantine:

  2. every ship arriving in New Zealand from any port beyond New Zealand:
    1. every ship arriving at any port in New Zealand from any infected place in New Zealand:
      1. every ship on board which any quarantinable disease, or any disease reasonably believed or suspected to be a quarantinable disease, has broken out or been discovered.

        1. Except as otherwise provided in any regulations made under this Act, the following aircraft shall be liable to quarantine:

        2. every aircraft arriving in New Zealand from any place beyond New Zealand:
          1. every aircraft arriving at any aerodrome in New Zealand from any infected place in New Zealand.