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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

30: Baggage to be presented on disembarkation, etc

You could also call this:

"Show your bags to Customs when you arrive in New Zealand by boat or ship"

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When you get off a boat or ship that has arrived in New Zealand, you must show your baggage to a Customs officer. This includes any goods you have with you or that are under your control. You can find out more about what a domestic passenger is by looking at section 5(1).

You must make your baggage and goods available for the Customs officer to check. You must also follow any directions given by Customs about moving your baggage or goods. This includes when you are in a Customs area or moving from a boat to a Customs area.

You must also follow any other directions given by Customs to help them check your baggage and goods. There may be some exceptions to these rules, which can be found in regulations. If you are handling or moving baggage or goods, you must follow Customs directions about how to do this.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft: Arrival and departure of persons

30Baggage to be presented on disembarkation, etc

  1. This section applies to—

  2. every person who—
    1. disembarks from a craft that has arrived in New Zealand; or
      1. disembarks from a craft that is at the end of a domestic sector, if the domestic sector is part of a journey of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of domestic passenger in section 5(1); and
      2. the person’s accompanying baggage and any other goods in the person’s possession or under the person’s control.

        1. The person must—

        2. make the baggage and other goods available for an examination under this Act by a Customs officer; and
          1. comply with any Customs direction relating to the movement of the baggage or other goods—
            1. within a Customs place or Customs-controlled area; or
              1. from any craft to a Customs-controlled area; and
              2. comply with any other Customs direction given to facilitate an examination as referred to in paragraph (a).

                1. Regulations may prescribe exemptions from subsection (2).

                2. Any person who is moving or handling any baggage or other goods to which this section applies must comply with any Customs direction relating to the movement of the baggage or other goods—

                3. within a Customs place or Customs-controlled area; or
                  1. from any craft to a Customs-controlled area.

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