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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Customs powers - Powers in relation to documents

260: Documents in foreign language

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"What to do if you give Customs a document that's not in English"

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If you give a Customs officer a document that is not in English, they might ask you to get it translated into English. You will have to pay for the translation yourself. The translation must be done by a translator that a Customs officer approves. You can see a similar rule in the Customs and Excise Act 1986.

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Powers in relation to documents

260Documents in foreign language

  1. If a document in a foreign language is presented to a Customs officer under or for the purposes of this Act, the officer may require the person who presents the document to supply to the officer (at that person’s expense) an English translation of the document prepared by a translator approved by a Customs officer.

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