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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Entry and accounting for goods - Imported goods

78: Unloading goods

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When you want to unload goods from a craft, you must follow the rules. You cannot unload goods that are subject to Customs control except if you have a permit or authorisation from the chief executive, which may have conditions. You can also unload goods if the craft, goods, or people on the craft are in danger due to things like collision, fire, bad weather, or other prescribed circumstances. You can find more information about this rule by looking at s 43.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Entry and accounting for goods: Imported goods

78Unloading goods

  1. No person may unload goods that are subject to the control of Customs from a craft except—

  2. in accordance with a permit or other authorisation granted by the chief executive (which may be subject to any conditions that the chief executive considers appropriate); or
    1. where the safety of the craft, or the goods or persons on the craft, is threatened by—
      1. collision, fire, the stress of weather, or similar circumstances; or
        1. any other prescribed circumstances.

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