Health Act 1956

Quarantine

107: Grant of pratique

You could also call this:

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

When you are on a ship that might have a quarantinable disease, a medical officer of health or health protection officer will check if everyone on board is healthy. If they are satisfied that no one has a quarantinable disease, they will give the ship's master a certificate of pratique. This certificate is a special document that says the ship is allowed to come into a New Zealand port.

The same thing happens if you are on an aircraft that might have a quarantinable disease. A medical officer of health or health protection officer will check if everyone on board is healthy. If they are satisfied that no one has a quarantinable disease, they will give the pilot a certificate of pratique. The medical officer of health or health protection officer must follow the rules made under the Health Act 1956 when deciding whether to give a certificate of pratique.

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Part 4Quarantine

107Grant of pratique

  1. Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under this Act, when the medical officer of health or health protection officer is satisfied, with respect to any ship liable to quarantine, that no quarantinable disease exists on board the ship, he shall give to the master of the ship a certificate of pratique in the prescribed form.

  2. Subject to the provisions of any regulations made under this Act, when the medical officer of health or health protection officer is satisfied, with respect to any aircraft liable to quarantine, that no quarantinable disease exists on board the aircraft, he shall give to the pilot in command of the aircraft a certificate of pratique in the prescribed form.

Notes
  • Section 107(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
  • Section 107(1): amended, on , by section 4(2) of the Health Amendment Act 1982 (1982 No 34).
  • Section 107(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 2(5) of the Health Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 99).
  • Section 107(2): amended, on , by section 4(2) of the Health Amendment Act 1982 (1982 No 34).