Reprint as at 12 December 2020
(LI 2019/211)
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
At Wellington this 26th day of August 2019
Present:Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This order is administered by the New Zealand Customs Service.
This order is made under section 96 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018—
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
on the recommendation of the Minister of Customs made after being satisfied of the matter set out in section 96(5) of that Act.
This order is the Customs Import Prohibition (Goods Produced by Prison Labour) Order 2019.
This order comes into force on 1 October 2019.
Order: confirmed, on 12 December 2020, by section 10(c) of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020 (2020 No 66).
The importation of the following goods is prohibited, excluding a bona fide gift made by a prisoner for the personal use of a private individual:
goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour:
goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part within, or in connection with, any prison, jail, or penitentiary.
The importation of goods similar in character to those manufactured or produced in prisons, jails or penitentiaries is prohibited if the goods are—
sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, or corporation having a contract for the manufacture or production of such articles in such institutions (a prison contractor); or
sold or offered for sale by an agent of a prison contractor; or
originally purchased from or transferred by a prison contractor.
Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.
This order is made under the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (the Act) and prohibits the importation of goods produced by prison labour and some similar goods.
This order comes into force on 1 October 2019 and continues a prohibition in section 54(1) and Schedule 1 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 (as saved by section 9 and clause 8 of Schedule 1 of the Act), which expires at the close of 30 September 2019.
This order is a confirmable instrument under section 47B of the Legislation Act 2012. It will be revoked at the close of 31 December 2020 unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. That stated time is the applicable deadline under section 47C(1)(b) of that Act.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 29 August 2019.
This is a reprint of the Customs Import Prohibition (Goods Produced by Prison Labour) Order 2019 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.
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Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020 (2020 No 66): section 10(c)