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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 - Arrival and departure of persons

28A: Persons arriving in New Zealand to provide information

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"Tell Customs your info when you arrive in New Zealand"

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When you arrive in New Zealand, you must give Customs the information they need. This information is decided by the chief executive's rules. You have to give this information in the way the chief executive's rules say.

You must provide the information by the time the chief executive's rules say. This time might be before you even arrive in New Zealand. If that's the case, you will be following the rules if you give the information in the right way and by the right time.

There might be some exceptions to this rule, which can be decided by regulations. These regulations can say that some people do not have to give this information when they arrive in New Zealand. You can find more information about the rules that were changed to include this provision in the Customs and Excise (Arrival Information) Amendment Act 2023.

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Arrival and departure of goods, persons, and craft: Arrival and departure of persons

28APersons arriving in New Zealand to provide information

  1. Every person arriving in New Zealand must provide Customs with the information prescribed by the chief executive’s rules.

  2. The information must be provided—

  3. in the way prescribed by the chief executive’s rules; and
    1. by the prescribed time.

      1. The prescribed time may be before a person arrives in New Zealand.

      2. In that case, the person is to be treated as complying with subsections (1) and (2) if (and only if) they have provided the information—

      3. in the way prescribed by the chief executive’s rules; and
        1. by that prescribed time.

          1. Regulations may prescribe exemptions from subsection (1).

          Notes
          • Section 28A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Customs and Excise (Arrival Information) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 21).