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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft - Pre-arrival of craft in New Zealand

12: Advance notice of arrival, etc

You could also call this:

"Telling Customs you're arriving in New Zealand with a boat or plane from another country"

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If you are in charge of a craft coming to New Zealand from outside the country, you must tell Customs you are arriving within a certain time. You do this by giving them an advance notice of arrival, unless the chief executive says you do not have to. You must give Customs this notice in the way the chief executive's rules say, and you must also give them any other documents they think are necessary.

When you arrive in New Zealand, you must take your craft directly to the Customs place you told them you would go to, unless a Customs officer tells you to go somewhere else. Someone else, like the owner or operator of the craft, or their agent, can give Customs the advance notice of arrival and any other documents for you.

The advance notice of arrival must include details about when your craft is arriving, where it has come from, who is on board, and where it will arrive in New Zealand. You can see how this rule has changed over time by looking at s 21 for more information.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft: Pre-arrival of craft in New Zealand

12Advance notice of arrival, etc

  1. The person in charge of a craft that is en route to New Zealand (from a point outside New Zealand) must, within the prescribed time, provide Customs with an advance notice of arrival, unless otherwise approved by the chief executive.

  2. The advance notice of arrival must—

  3. be provided in the way prescribed by the chief executive’s rules; and
    1. be accompanied by any supporting documents that the chief executive considers appropriate.

      1. The person in charge of the craft must ensure that the craft, on its arrival in New Zealand, proceeds directly to the Customs place notified in the advance notice of arrival (see subsection (5)(e)), unless otherwise directed by a Customs officer.

      2. The advance notice of arrival, and any supporting documents, may be provided to Customs on behalf of the person in charge of the craft by—

      3. the owner or operator of the craft; or
        1. an agent of the owner or operator.

          1. Rules made for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) must, at a minimum, require an advance notice of arrival to include details of the following:

          2. the impending arrival of the craft:
            1. its journey:
              1. its crew:
                1. its passengers:
                  1. the Customs place at which the craft will arrive.

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