Pursuant to section 286(ff) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

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3 Principal regulations amended

4 Schedule 2 amended

Schedule
Forms 3 and 3A substituted

Regulations

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These regulations are the Customs and Excise Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2010.

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These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3 Principal regulations amended

These regulations amend the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.

4 Schedule 2 amended

Schedule 2 is amended by revoking forms 3 and 3A and substituting the forms 3 and 3A set out in the Schedule of these regulations.

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When you must make this declaration

You must make this declaration if—

you answered “yes” to any of the first 4 questions, about goods, in part 6 of your New Zealand Passenger Arrival Card; or
you are asked by a Customs officer to make this declaration.

What you must declare

Please fill in the columns below for all goods that may be prohibited or restricted.

Please fill in the columns below for all goods that you acquired overseas or from a duty-free source in New Zealand and that—

are alcohol and tobacco products; or
are for business or commercial use; or
are carried on behalf of other persons; or
are of any other kind (except clothing, toiletries, or jewellery intended for your own personal use and not for gift, sale, or exchange).

Description of goods	Price paid	Currency	Official use only

Declaration

I [full name] declare that the information I have given is true, correct, and complete.

This declaration is also made in respect of [number] persons aged under 17 years travelling with me.

Date:

Signature:

Payment of Customs charges

Payment of Customs charges may be made by cash or with an acceptable credit card.

Privacy information

This declaration is required under the Customs and Excise Act 1996. It will be collected from you by a Customs officer and will be held by the New Zealand Customs Service. The address of the New Zealand Customs Service may be obtained from the internet website www.customs.govt.nz, by phone contact, 0800 4 CUSTOMS (0800 428 786) or by writing to Box 2218, Wellington.

The Privacy Act 1993 provides you with rights of access to, and the right to correct, personal information held in readily retrievable form. Should you wish to exercise these rights, please contact the New Zealand Customs Service. The contact details are in the Privacy Statement at the end of your New Zealand Passenger Arrival Card.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend Schedule 2 of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996 by—

replacing form 3 (passenger arrival card) with a new simplified form:
replacing form 3A (Customs declared goods) to reflect consequential changes to cross-references in that form.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 July 2010.

These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Customs Service.

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