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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Customs places and Customs-controlled areas - Customs-controlled areas

56: Areas required to be licensed as Customs-controlled areas

You could also call this:

"Some areas in New Zealand need a special licence to do certain things with goods and people."

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You need a special licence for areas used for certain things. These things include making Part A goods, storing imported goods without paying duty, and checking imported goods under section 227. You also need a licence for areas where people arrive or leave New Zealand, where craft are processed, or where goods are loaded or unloaded from craft.

You need a licence for areas used for other special purposes too. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, which are explained in sections 62 and 67. These exceptions are important to understand if you are using an area for one of the special purposes.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Customs places and Customs-controlled areas: Customs-controlled areas

56Areas required to be licensed as Customs-controlled areas

  1. An area may not be used for any of the following purposes unless it is licensed by the chief executive as a Customs-controlled area:

  2. the manufacture of Part A goods:
    1. the deposit, keeping, or securing of imported goods, or of Part A goods, without payment of duty, pending their export:
      1. the temporary holding of imported goods for the purpose of examining those goods under section 227:
        1. the disembarkation, embarkation, or processing of persons arriving in, or departing from, New Zealand:
          1. the processing of craft arriving in, or departing from, New Zealand:
            1. the loading or unloading of goods onto or from craft arriving in, or departing from, New Zealand:
              1. any other prescribed purpose.

                1. Subsection (1) is subject to sections 62 and 67.

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