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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Administrative provisions - Exports - Customs-approved secure exports schemes and seals

282: Customs-approved export seals

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"Special seals for exporting goods from New Zealand"

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The chief executive can choose someone to use special seals on packages of goods that you want to export. You can use these seals to show that a package was secured correctly and that it only contains the goods listed. The seals also help identify if someone has tampered with the package.

When the chief executive chooses someone to use these seals, they must give them a notice that explains when and how they can use the seals. The notice must also say when the person can alter or remove the seal. You can only use a seal on a package if the exporter agrees or if the goods have been examined or searched.

If you use a seal on a package that is not part of a special export scheme, you must also attach a warning notice. This notice explains that the goods are under Customs control until they leave New Zealand. It also explains that Customs officers have the power to stop and search vehicles if they think there are goods in them that are under Customs control and have a special seal. You can read more about these powers in section 231, section 230, sections 223, 227, and 228.

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Part 5Administrative provisions
Exports: Customs-approved secure exports schemes and seals

282Customs-approved export seals

  1. The chief executive may, by notice in writing, appoint a Customs officer or any other person (an appointee) to use Customs-approved export seals in relation to packages of goods to be exported.

  2. A Customs-approved export seal is a seal, marking, substance, or device approved by the chief executive for the purposes of this section—

  3. to show—
    1. that a package of goods to be exported was secured in an approved way; and
      1. that, when secured, the package contained only the goods indicated; and
      2. to help identify interference or tampering with the package after it is secured.

        1. A notice under subsection (1) must specify—

        2. the date from which the appointment takes effect; and
          1. the circumstances in which the appointee may use a Customs-approved export seal in relation to a package of goods; and
            1. the circumstances in which the appointee may alter, remove, damage, dispose of, or otherwise interfere with a Customs-approved export seal that has been used in relation to a package of goods.

              1. An appointee may use a Customs-approved export seal in relation to a package of goods that has not had a Customs-approved export seal used in relation to it only if—

              2. the exporter concerned (or his or her agent or employee) consents to the seal being used; or
                1. the goods have been examined or searched under this Act and the seal is applied immediately after the examination or search.

                  1. In the case of a package of goods that are not goods to be exported under a Customs-approved secure exports scheme, an appointee who uses a Customs-approved export seal in relation to the package must also attach a warning notice that explains in terms approved by the chief executive—

                  2. that the goods in the package are subject to the control of Customs from the time when a Customs-approved export seal is first used in relation to the package until the goods have departed from New Zealand:
                    1. that the powers of detention and search in section 231 are available in respect of a vehicle in New Zealand if it is suspected that there are in or on the vehicle any goods that are—
                      1. subject to the control of Customs; and
                        1. in a package in relation to which a Customs-approved export seal has been used:
                        2. that a Customs officer may, under section 230, question any of the following persons about any cargo that is to be exported:
                          1. a person who is the owner or operator of a vehicle that a Customs officer has reasonable cause to suspect has in or on it, or has within the previous 72 hours had in or on it, goods that are—
                            1. subject to the control of Customs; and
                              1. in a package in relation to which a Customs-approved export seal has been used:
                              2. a person who is the owner or occupier of premises that a Customs officer has reasonable cause to suspect have in or on them, or have within the previous 72 hours had in or on them, goods that are—
                                1. subject to the control of Customs; and
                                  1. in a package in relation to which a Customs-approved export seal has been used:
                                  2. a person employed by a person described in subparagraph (i) or (ii):
                                  3. that the powers in sections 223, 227, and 228 (which include powers of examination) are available in respect of goods that are (or are suspected to be)—
                                    1. subject to the control of Customs; and
                                      1. in a package in relation to which a Customs-approved export seal has been used.

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