New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 Notice of intended arrival of craft in New Zealand

• (1) The person in charge of any craft proceeding to New Zealand territory from outside New Zealand territory shall, unless there are reasonable grounds for not doing so,—

  • (a) Give the Director-General notice of when and where, approximately, the craft will enter New Zealand territory, and—

    • (i) The designated port of entry where it is intended that the craft will first arrive in New Zealand; or

    • (ii) If it is impossible or impracticable to proceed to any designated port of entry, the destination where it is intended that the craft will first arrive in New Zealand; and

  • (b) Proceed directly to, and arrive in New Zealand at, that port or destination.

  (2) Where—

  • (a) Any person in charge of any craft has given the Director-General notice under subsection (1) of this section or this subsection; and

  • (b) The craft has not arrived in New Zealand since the notice was given; and

  • (c) The person learns that it is impossible or impracticable to proceed to the designated port of entry or destination notified,—

  the person shall, unless there are reasonable grounds for not doing so,—

  • (d) Give the Director-General notice of where, approximately, the craft is, and—

    • (i) Notice of a designated port of entry where it is now intended that the craft will first arrive in New Zealand, if it is possible and practicable to proceed to such a port; or

    • (ii) Notice of the destination where it is now intended that the craft will first arrive in New Zealand, if it is impossible or impracticable to proceed to any designated port of entry; and

  • (e) Proceed directly to, and arrive in New Zealand at, that port or destination.

  (3) For the purposes of this section, designated port of entry means—

  • (a) A port of entry approved under this Act as a place of first arrival—

    • (i) For all craft; or

    • (ii) For craft of the kind and description of the craft and, where applicable, arriving for the purposes of the craft; or

  • (b) A port approved under section 37A for the arrival of the craft.

  Subsection (3) was inserted, as from 26 November 1997, by section 11 Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).