These regulations, which come into force on 15 April 2020, amend the Immigration (Carriers’ Information Obligations) Regulations 2010 (the principal regulations). The principal regulations specify information that carriers, and persons in charge, of a commercial craft (mainly airlines) are required to provide to the chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment about persons who intend to travel to and from New Zealand on the craft.

The principal regulations were amended in February 2020 to add a new requirement to provide information about persons who intend to travel to New Zealand and who have been in places of concern with respect to the risk of spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) within 14 days of checking in. That new requirement was added to the principal regulations for a limited time only, until 30 April 2020.

The 2 changes made by these regulations are—

• a technical update to ensure the regulations use the official name that has been announced by the World Health Organization for the virus; and

• an extension of the period during which the requirement to provide information about persons travelling to New Zealand from places of concern applies to 30 September 2020.