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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 - Further powers in relation to arrival and departure information

48: Chief executive may require commercial transportation operator to provide craft information

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"Customs can ask transport companies for details about their boats or planes."

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The chief executive can ask a commercial transportation operator to give Customs some information. You need to know that this information is about the craft, like what it is carrying, when it arrives or leaves New Zealand, and other details. The chief executive will tell the operator what information to provide and when to provide it.

The operator must give Customs the information they have about the craft, whether it is in New Zealand or somewhere else. This includes information about the craft's arrival or departure, what it is carrying, and other records. The chief executive will decide what information is needed and will tell the operator how to provide it.

The information the operator provides might include things like what the craft is transporting, the date and time of its arrival or departure, and whether it is carrying goods or people. If the craft is carrying goods, the operator might need to provide details about loading and unloading, storage, and other records. If the craft is carrying people, the operator might need to provide details about the number of people on board, seating arrangements, and baggage storage. You can find more information about this by looking at the Customs and Excise Act 2018 and other related laws, such as ss 38D and 38F(1).

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft: Further powers in relation to arrival and departure information

48Chief executive may require commercial transportation operator to provide craft information

  1. The chief executive may, by notice in writing, require a commercial transportation operator to comply with this section on and after the specified date.

  2. The commercial transportation operator must provide Customs with all specified information—

  3. that relates to any craft referred to in subsection (3); and
    1. that the operator holds (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) or has access to.

      1. The craft are craft that—

      2. have arrived in, or departed from, New Zealand on or after the specified date; or
        1. are arriving in, or departing from, New Zealand on or after the specified date; or
          1. are scheduled to arrive in, or depart from, New Zealand on or after the specified date.

            1. The specified information in relation to any craft must be provided—

            2. within the specified time or, if there is no specified time, as and when required by Customs; and
              1. in the specified way.

                1. In this section, specified means specified in the chief executive’s notice under subsection (1).

                2. The information that may be specified for the purposes of subsection (2) includes (without limitation) the following:

                3. what the craft is transporting:
                  1. the date and time of the craft’s arrival in, or departure from, New Zealand:
                    1. whether the craft’s arrival or departure has occurred, is occurring, or will occur:
                      1. if the craft is transporting goods,—
                        1. loading and discharge particulars:
                          1. storage details of the goods:
                            1. other records relating to the goods:
                            2. if the craft is transporting persons,—
                              1. the number of persons on the craft:
                                1. the seating arrangements or on-board accommodation arrangements:
                                  1. baggage storage details.

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