If you are the master of a ship arriving at a New Zealand port, you have a responsibility. You must not let your ship moor or berth at just any place if there is someone on board with a quarantinable disease. The ship can only moor or berth at a place of inspection, unless a medical officer of health or health protection officer tells you otherwise.

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105: Ship arriving from infected place, or

"Ships from places with infections must dock at special inspection spots."

107: Grant of pratique, or

"Getting a special certificate to enter New Zealand if you're on a ship or plane that might have a sickness"

Part 4Quarantine

106Ship with quarantinable disease on board

Where any ship arrives at any port in New Zealand from any other port in New Zealand (not being an infected place), and there is on board the ship any person suffering from any quarantinable disease or any disease reasonably believed or suspected to be a quarantinable disease, the master shall not suffer or permit the ship to be moored or berthed at any place except a place of inspection, unless he is otherwise instructed by the medical officer of health or health protection officer.

Notes

Section 106: amended, on 26 July 1988, pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
Section 106: amended, on 1 April 1983, by section 4(2) of the Health Amendment Act 1982 (1982 No 34).