Part 3Importation of risk goods
16CDuty of importers not to abandon goods
An importer of goods must not leave the goods in a biosecurity control area, transitional facility, or place approved under section 37.
For the purposes of this section, leaving goods—
- means leaving them in a way or for a period that would entitle an inspector or authorised person to regard the goods, under section 119(2), as abandoned; and
- does not mean putting them into a bin provided for the purpose of having imported goods left in it for disposal.
Notes
- Section 16C: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).