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Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Inspections, declarations, etc

32: Powers relating to craft

You could also call this:

"Controlling boats or planes that might have pests or diseases"

If you have the power to enter a craft under the Biosecurity Act 1993 and you think it might have an unwanted organism, you can tell the person in charge to move it. You can tell them to move it to a place in New Zealand and stop it there. You can also tell them to move it and keep it outside New Zealand. Alternatively, you can tell them to take a specific action on or in respect of the craft.

Before you do this, you must talk to the chief executives of the New Zealand Customs Service and the Ministry for Primary Industries. This is so you can get their input before making a decision.

You can find more information about changes to this law in the Customs and Excise Act 1996, which amended part of this provision on 1 October 1996.

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Part 3Importation of risk goods
Inspections, declarations, etc

32Powers relating to craft

  1. Subject to subsection (2), any person who has the power under any provision in this Act to enter any craft and who has reasonable grounds to suspect that a craft in New Zealand territory contains any unwanted organism may direct the master or other person in charge of the craft to—

  2. move it to and stop it at any place within New Zealand territory; or
    1. move it and keep it outside New Zealand territory; or
      1. take any specified action on or in respect of the craft.

        1. Before exercising a power conferred by subsection (1), the person who proposes to exercise the power shall consult the chief executives of—

        2. the New Zealand Customs Service; and
          1. the Ministry for Primary Industries.

            Notes
            • Section 32(2)(a): amended, on , by section 289(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 (1996 No 27).