Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft - Departure of craft

41: Departure only from Customs place

You could also call this:

"Leaving New Zealand: You must depart from a special Customs place unless you have a special permission."

Illustration for Customs and Excise Act 2018

If you are in charge of a craft, you must not let it leave for another country unless it leaves from a Customs place. You need to follow the rules that say where and when you can leave. If you have a certificate to leave from a Customs place, you must leave straight away and not go to any other place in New Zealand, unless the chief executive says it is okay.

If you have permission to leave from a place that is not a Customs place under section 43, then this rule does not apply to you, but you must leave from that place and meet any conditions. You also do not have to follow this rule if you left from a Customs place or a special place, but had to stop or return to a non-Customs place because of navigation rules, an accident, or bad weather.

There may be regulations that say you do not have to follow some of these rules.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7039239.

Topics:
Transport and travel > BoatingMoney and consumer rights > CustomsGovernment and voting > Border control
Previous

40: Offences in relation to production of certificate of clearance, etc, or

"Breaking the rules about showing customs papers or answering questions can lead to a fine"

Next

42: Offences in relation to departure only from Customs place, or

"Breaking rules when leaving a Customs place can get you in trouble"

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

41Departure only from Customs place

  1. The person in charge of a craft must not cause or allow the craft to depart for a point outside New Zealand other than from a Customs place.

  2. The person in charge of a craft, in respect of which a certificate of clearance to depart from a Customs place for any point outside New Zealand has been granted under section 37, must ensure the following, unless otherwise approved by the chief executive:

  3. that the craft departs immediately from that Customs place:
    1. that the craft does not go to any other place in New Zealand.

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

      2. This section does not apply to—

      3. a craft that is authorised to depart from a place other than a Customs place under section 43, but only if—
        1. the craft departs from that place; and
          1. any conditions of the authorisation are met; or
          2. a craft that departed from a Customs place in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), or from a place authorised under section 43, but was required or compelled to berth, land, anchor, or return to a place that is not a Customs place by—
            1. any statutory or other requirement relating to navigation; or
              1. accident, stress of weather, or other necessity.

              Compare