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Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Arrival of craft

18: Arrival of craft in New Zealand

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"Telling officials when a boat or ship arrives in New Zealand"

When you are in charge of a craft that arrives in New Zealand, you must tell the Director-General where and when the craft arrived. You do this if you have not already notified them under section 17, or if the craft arrived at a different place than you told them about under section 17. You must also stop any risk goods from leaving the craft without an inspector's permission. An inspector might ask you to pay a bond of up to $10,000 to make sure you follow the rules about risk goods. If you follow the rules made under section 388 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, you are allowed to discharge ballast water into New Zealand waters. Ballast water and New Zealand waters have special meanings that are explained in the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

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Part 3Importation of risk goods
Arrival of craft

18Arrival of craft in New Zealand

  1. The person in charge of any craft that arrives at a place in New Zealand—

  2. shall, if—give the Director-General notice of where and (approximately) when the craft arrived; and
    1. the person has not notified the Director-General under section 17; or
      1. the place is not the port or destination notified (or, as the case may be, last notified) under section 17,—
      2. shall prevent risk goods from leaving the craft without the permission of an inspector.

        1. The person in charge of any such craft shall, if so required by an inspector, pay a bond for such amount not exceeding $10,000 as the inspector may require to secure due compliance with subsection (1)(b).

        2. The person is deemed to have an inspector's permission to discharge ballast water into New Zealand waters if the person has complied with rules made under section 388 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

        3. In subsection (3), ballast water and New Zealand waters have the meanings given to them in the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

        Compare
        • 1967 No 50 s 18
        Notes
        • Section 18(3): inserted, on , by section 19 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
        • Section 18(4): inserted, on , by section 19 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).