New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 66D

66D Obligations of owner or operator of craft temporarily visiting New Zealand and carrying firearms, etc

1 If a craft arriving from a foreign country is, at any time, temporarily berthed, moored, or anchored in any harbour or territorial waters of New Zealand, and has on board any arms items that are not being off-loaded, the owner or operator of the craft must—

a) include details of all arms items on board the craft—

i) in an advance notice of arrival that is required to be provided to the New Zealand Customs Service by section 12 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 ; or

ii) in an inward report that is required to be provided to the New Zealand Customs Service by section 24 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 ; and

b) comply with any directions given by the New Zealand Customs Service or a member of the Police relating to the secure storage of those arms items, which may include a direction that the arms items be temporarily surrendered to a member of the Police or a Customs officer.

2 If the owner or operator of a craft does not comply with any direction given under subsection (1)(b), a member of the Police or a Customs officer may—

a) board the craft; and

b) seize and detain the arms items; and

c) in effecting the seizure and detention of the arms items, use any reasonably necessary force.

3 In this section,—  
"arms items" means any firearms, pistols, restricted airguns, prohibited items, restricted weapons, pistol carbine conversion kits, or ammunition    
"craft" has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018     
"operator" has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018     
"owner" has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 .  

History: Section 66D: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 95 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).