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Arms Bill

Endorsements and permits - Permits to import

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

You could also call this:

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

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If you bring a specified item into New Zealand under a permit to import, and it does not match the sample you provided, or it is not approved for import, you must export it. You have 12 months to export the item and the sample after the chief executive tells you in writing that it does not match or is not approved. If you do not export the item or sample, you must get rid of it or deal with it in the way the chief executive says. You need to know what a specified item is to follow this rule. A specified item is something listed in section 55(1) or restricted ammunition. If you are unsure what these items are, you can check the relevant sections. If the chief executive tells you that your item does not match the sample or is not approved, you must take action to export or dispose of it. This is an important rule to follow when bringing items into New Zealand under a permit. You must follow the chief executive's directions to get rid of the item or sample if you do not export it.

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Part 4Endorsements and permits
Permits to import

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

  1. Subsection (2) applies if—

  2. a specified item is brought into, or sent to New Zealand, under a permit to import; and
    1. the specified item—
      1. does not correspond with a sample produced to the chief executive, as required by the description of the specified item in the permit; or
        1. is not otherwise approved for importation into New Zealand.

        2. If this subsection applies, the person who brought the specified item into New Zealand, caused the specified item to be brought into New Zealand, or sent the specified item to New Zealand must, within 12 months after being informed in writing by the chief executive that the specified item does not correspond with the sample or is not otherwise approved for importation into New Zealand, export or cause to be exported from New Zealand—

        3. the specified item; and
          1. the sample.

            1. If a specified item or sample to which subsection (2) relates is not exported as required by that subsection, the specified item or sample must be disposed of or dealt with in the manner that the chief executive directs.

            2. In this section, specified item means—

            3. any item listed in section 55(1):
              1. restricted ammunition.