Customs and Excise Act 1996

Part 3A
Customs access to and use of information about border-crossing goods, persons, and craft

  • Part 3A: inserted, on 1 October 2004, by section 15 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 55).

Preliminary provisions

  • Heading: inserted, on 1 October 2004, by section 15 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 55).

38A Interpretation

  • In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    border-crossing goods means goods that are recorded by a person concerned in the movement of goods, persons, or craft—

    • (a) as having been imported into, or exported from, New Zealand; or

    • (b) as being imported into, or exported from, New Zealand; or

    • (c) as intended to be imported into, or exported from, New Zealand

    border-crossing person or craft means a person (for example, a passenger or a member of the crew of a craft) who, or craft that, is recorded by a person concerned in the movement of goods, persons, or craft—

    • (a) as having arrived in, or departed from, New Zealand; or

    • (b) as arriving in, or departing from, New Zealand; or

    • (c) as intending to arrive in, or depart from, New Zealand

    person concerned in the movement of goods, persons, or craft means any of the following:

    • (a) an owner or an operator of a craft that carries or transports goods or persons, or both, from New Zealand to a point outside New Zealand, or from a point outside New Zealand to New Zealand, for commercial purposes, or the agent of an owner or an operator of that kind:

    • (b) a travel operator (being a person who organises the carriage, handling, or transportation of goods or persons, or both, from New Zealand to a point outside New Zealand, or from a point outside New Zealand to New Zealand, for commercial purposes) or the agent of a travel operator:

    • (c) an owner, occupier, or operator of a Customs controlled area used for the purpose specified in section 10(d) or (e):

    • (d) an operator of a business that handles, packs, stores, or transports goods that are to be transported from New Zealand to a point outside New Zealand:

    • (e) any persons, or classes of persons, involved in any other way in the carriage, handling, or transportation of goods, or persons, or both, from New Zealand to a point outside New Zealand, or from a point outside New Zealand to New Zealand, for commercial purposes, being persons or classes of persons prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

    Section 38A: inserted, on 1 October 2004, by section 15 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 55).