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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 - Arrival of craft in New Zealand

16: Application of sections 17 to 25

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"Rules for crafts arriving in New Zealand with people or goods to be checked"

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When a craft arrives in New Zealand, sections 17 to 25 apply to it. You can read more about these sections in the link to sections 17 to 25. These sections also apply if the craft is bringing people or goods into New Zealand that need to be checked by Customs.

If a craft lands, berths, moors, anchors, stops, or hovers above a place, it is considered to have arrived at that place. This means that the rules in sections 17 to 25 will apply to the craft in these situations. You can find more information about similar rules in section 24(1).

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Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft: Arrival of craft in New Zealand

16Application of sections 17 to 25

  1. Sections 17 to 25 apply to any craft that—

  2. arrives in New Zealand; or
    1. is transporting persons, or goods subject to the control of Customs, brought into New Zealand (from a point outside New Zealand) by that craft or any other craft.

      1. In those sections, references to a craft arriving at a place include references to a craft landing, berthing, mooring, anchoring, or stopping at a place or hovering above a place.

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