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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

33: Outgoing baggage to be presented, etc

You could also call this:

"Leaving New Zealand: Show Your Bags to Customs"

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When you arrive at a place where you will get on a boat or plane to leave New Zealand, you must follow some rules. You must make your bags and any other goods you have with you available for a Customs officer to check. You must also do what the Customs officer tells you to do with your bags and goods while you are in the Customs area or getting on a boat or plane.

You have to follow the Customs officer's instructions so they can check your bags and goods. This includes moving your bags and goods around the Customs area or taking them to a boat or plane. The Customs officer might give you other instructions to help them check your bags and goods.

There might be some exceptions to these rules, which can be found in regulations. If you are helping to move someone's bags or goods, you must also follow the Customs officer's instructions. You can find more information about this by looking at s 32.

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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

33Outgoing baggage to be presented, etc

  1. This section applies to—

  2. every person who arrives at a Customs place or a Customs-controlled area for embarkation onto a craft that has, as its destination, a point outside New Zealand; and
    1. 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 the Customs place or Customs-controlled area; or
            1. from a Customs-controlled area to any craft; 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 the Customs place or Customs-controlled area; or
                1. from a Customs-controlled area to any craft.

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