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Biosecurity Act 1993

Importation of risk goods - Inspections, declarations, etc

38: Importers' records

You could also call this:

"Keeping track of the goods you bring into New Zealand"

If you import goods, you must keep records about them. These records must be kept in a way that follows the regulations, which can say things like what kind of importer you are, what kind of goods you are importing, and what kind of records you need to keep. The regulations can also say how you must keep the records and for how long.

You can find out what kind of importer you are by looking at the definition in section 2A. The regulations will help you understand what records you need to keep and how to keep them.

If an inspector asks to see your records, you must make them available during the time you are required to keep them.

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Part 3Importation of risk goods
Inspections, declarations, etc

38Importers' records

  1. An importer must keep records about goods the importer intends to import or imports, in accordance with regulations that may specify—

  2. the class or description of importer who must keep the records, which may be a class or description that is narrower than the definition of importer in section 2A:
    1. the class or description of goods about which records must be kept:
      1. the class or description of records that must be kept:
        1. the manner in which the records must be kept:
          1. the period for which the records must be kept.

            1. The importer must make the records available to an inspector if an inspector requires them to be made available during the period that the importer must keep them.

            Notes
            • Section 38: replaced, on , by section 32 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).