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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

22: Craft that have arrived at place other than Customs place

You could also call this:

"Rules for boats that arrive somewhere other than a Customs office"

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If you are in charge of a craft that arrives at a place that is not a Customs place, you must follow certain rules. You have to report to a Customs officer or a police officer right away. You cannot let anyone unload goods from the craft or let the crew or passengers leave the area without a Customs officer's permission.

You must do what a Customs officer tells you to do about the goods and people on the craft. If you want to unload goods, you need a Customs officer's consent, unless section 78(a) or (b) says you do not need it. The crew and passengers cannot leave the craft's area without a Customs officer's permission either.

Everyone on the craft must listen to a Customs officer's instructions and follow them.

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

22Craft that have arrived at place other than Customs place

  1. This section applies if a craft arrives at a place other than a Customs place.

  2. The same powers may be exercised, and the same obligations apply, under this Act in relation to—

  3. the craft as if it arrived at a Customs place; and
    1. the goods and persons on the craft as if those goods and persons were in a Customs-controlled area following the arrival of the craft.

      1. The person in charge of the craft—

      2. must immediately report to a Customs officer or to a constable; and
        1. must not, without the consent of a Customs officer, allow—
          1. any goods to be unloaded from the craft; or
            1. any of the crew or passengers to leave the vicinity of the craft; and
            2. must comply with any directions given by a Customs officer in respect of any goods or persons transported on the craft.

              1. No person may unload goods from the craft without the consent of a Customs officer, except where section 78(a) or (b) applies.

              2. No member of the crew and no passenger may leave the vicinity of the craft without the consent of a Customs officer.

              3. Every member of the crew and every passenger must comply with any directions given by a Customs officer.

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