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Arms Bill

Endorsements and permits - Permits to import

197: Production of samples

You could also call this:

"Providing a sample when applying under the Arms Bill"

If you apply for something under the Arms Bill, you might have to give a sample to the chief executive. You must give the sample as soon as possible. You have to make sure the sample is not changed in any way before you give it. You have to be careful with the sample, because the government will not pay for any damage to it. If the sample is not approved, you will have to export it from New Zealand within 12 months. You can either export it yourself or get someone else to do it for you. If you do not export the sample, you will have to get rid of it or deal with it in the way the chief executive tells you to.

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196: Permit to import issued for items to be brought into or sent to New Zealand in single consignment or multiple consignments, or

"Getting a permit to bring items into New Zealand in one or many deliveries"

198: Export of specified items not corresponding with sample or otherwise approved for importation, or

"Exporting items that don't match what you said you were importing"

Part 4Endorsements and permits
Permits to import

197Production of samples

An applicant who is required under section 193(2), 194(1), or 195(1) to produce a sample to the chief executive for examination and testing must produce the sample as soon as practicable.
Before producing a sample, an applicant must ensure that it has not been modified in any way.
The Crown is not liable to pay compensation in respect of any damage caused to a sample resulting from the examination and testing of the sample.
If, following examination and testing, the sample is not approved, the applicant who produced it must, within 12 months after being informed in writing by the chief executive that the sample is not approved,—
export the sample from New Zealand; or
cause the sample to be exported from New Zealand.

If the sample is not exported as required by subsection (4), the sample must be disposed of or dealt with in the manner that the chief executive directs.