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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 and departure of persons

28: Persons arriving in New Zealand to report to Customs officer or Police station

You could also call this:

"When you arrive in New Zealand, you must go to a Customs officer or Police station to report."

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When you arrive in New Zealand, you must report to a Customs officer or a Police station right away. You can choose to report to either a Customs officer or a Police station. You must stay at the place where you reported for as long as Customs needs to check you.

You will need to wait until a Customs officer has finished doing their job with you. This is so the Customs officer can do what they need to do under the Customs and Excise Act 2018. You can find more information about this by looking at s 27.

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Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft: Arrival and departure of persons

28Persons arriving in New Zealand to report to Customs officer or Police station

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every person arriving in New Zealand must, on his or her arrival,—

  2. immediately report to—
    1. a Customs officer; or
      1. a Police station; and
      2. remain at the place where he or she reported to the Customs officer, or at the Police station, for any reasonable time that Customs requires to enable a Customs officer to carry out any function under this Act in relation to that person.

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