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Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Clearance of risk goods

25: Goods to be cleared for entry into New Zealand

You could also call this:

"Getting permission to bring goods into New Zealand"

When you bring goods into New Zealand on a craft, you cannot take them off the craft until they have been cleared, except to move them to a special area called a transitional facility or biosecurity control area. You can only move uncleared goods from these special areas if an inspector says you can. The inspector might let you move the goods to another special area, or to export them from New Zealand.

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Part 3Importation of risk goods
Clearance of risk goods

25Goods to be cleared for entry into New Zealand

  1. No person may cause or permit any uncleared goods imported on any craft to leave that craft, except to proceed to a transitional facility or a biosecurity control area.

  2. A person may cause or permit uncleared goods that are in a transitional facility, biosecurity control area, or containment facility to leave the facility or area only if subsection (3) or (4) applies.

  3. Uncleared goods that are in a transitional facility, biosecurity control area, or containment facility may leave the facility or area to be exported from New Zealand, if an inspector authorises their export.

  4. Uncleared goods that are in a transitional facility, biosecurity control area, or containment facility may leave the facility or area if an inspector authorises their movement to a transitional facility, biosecurity control area, or containment facility.

  5. An authorisation may—

  6. specify how the goods must be moved:
    1. specify a time period within which the goods must be moved:
      1. specify how the goods must be dealt with at their destination.

        1. An authorisation may impose conditions.

        2. An authorisation may be given to—

        3. a facility operator:
          1. a person in charge of the goods in any capacity at a particular time:
            1. another person in charge of the goods in any capacity at the same or a later time:
              1. a person in possession of the goods at a particular time:
                1. another person in possession of the goods at the same or a later time.

                  1. A person to whom an inspector gives an authorisation must—

                  2. act within its terms; and
                    1. take all reasonable steps to communicate its terms to all other persons who come into possession or control of the uncleared goods to which the authorisation relates; and
                      1. take all other reasonable steps to ensure that other persons act within its terms.

                        1. A person who comes into possession or control of the uncleared goods to which an authorisation relates and has had the terms of the authorisation communicated under subsection (8)(b) must act within the terms.

                        Notes
                        • Section 25: replaced, on , by section 14 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).
                        • Section 25(2): replaced, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(2): amended, on , by section 15(1) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 27).
                        • Section 25(3): replaced, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(3): amended, on , by section 15(2) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 27).
                        • Section 25(4): replaced, on , by section 15(3) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 27).
                        • Section 25(5): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(6): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(7): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(8): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(8)(b): amended, on , by section 15(4) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 27).
                        • Section 25(9): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
                        • Section 25(9): amended, on , by section 15(5) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 27).