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Customs Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996

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Short Title and commencement

Boarding of ships at sea

Boarding of ships and aircraft

Searching of ships and aircraft

Firing on ships

Securing goods on ships and aircraft

Where goods may be seized

Where ships and aircraft may be seized

Customs Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996

Public Act		1996 No 72
Date of assent		26 July 1996

	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Boarding of ships at sea
3	Boarding of ships and aircraft
4	Searching of ships and aircraft
5	Firing on ships
6	Securing goods on ships and aircraft
7	Where goods may be seized
8	Where ships and aircraft may be seized
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Customs Act 1966

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Customs Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Customs Act 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

(2)

This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of August 1996.

2 Boarding of ships at sea

Section 41(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “the territorial limits of New Zealand”, and substituting the words “the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand”.

3 Boarding of ships and aircraft

Section 205(1) of the principal Act (as amended by section 12 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983) is hereby amended by omitting the words “any ship or”, and substituting the words “any ship is within the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand or any”.

4 Searching of ships and aircraft

Section 206(1) of the principal Act (as amended by section 13 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983) is hereby amended by omitting the words “any ship or”, and substituting the words “any ship within the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand or any”.

5 Firing on ships

Section 208 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “the territorial limits of New Zealand”, and substituting the words “the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand”.

6 Securing goods on ships and aircraft

(1)

Section 209(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “any ship or”, and substituting the words “any ship is within the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand or any”.

(2)

Section 209 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing subsection (2) (as amended by section 17 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1982), and substituting the following subsection:

“(2)

If any fastening, lock, mark, or seal so placed by an officer upon any goods or upon any hatchway, opening, or place on any ship or aircraft is, except with the authority of an officer of Customs, opened, altered, broken, or erased by any person at any time while—

“(a)

The ship is at any place, or in the course of any voyage or journey between any 2 places, within the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand; or

“(b)

The aircraft is at any place, or in the course of any voyage or journey between any 2 places, within the territorial limits of New Zealand,—

the person so acting, and the owner and master of the ship, or as the case may be, the owner and pilot in command of the aircraft, shall each be guilty of an offence and shall be severally liable to a fine not exceeding $800.”

7 Where goods may be seized

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 276, and substituting the following section:

“276

Goods may be seized as forfeited wherever found within the territorial limits of New Zealand or, where the goods are found on a ship or a boat, within the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand.

8 Where ships and aircraft may be seized

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 291, and substituting the following section:

“291

No ship shall be so seized elsewhere than within the area of sea adjacent to New Zealand and bounded by the outer limits of the contiguous zone of New Zealand and no aircraft shall be so seized elsewhere than within the territorial limits of New Zealand.”

This Act is administered in the Customs Department.

Customs Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996