Section 105 — Immigration Act 2009: Responsibilities of internationally ticketed passengers travelling by air within New Zealand

105 Responsibilities of internationally ticketed passengers travelling by air within New Zealand (1) Where an internationally ticketed passenger is using air travel for a domestic sector, this section applies to the passenger from the time at which the passenger enters the departure hall at the commencement of the domestic sector until the time at which he or she leaves the arrival hall at the end of the domestic sector. (2) Every person to whom this section applies must produce for inspection on demand by an immigration officer the person’s passport or certificate of identity and the person’s boarding pass or travel tickets, or both, to enable the officer to determine whether the person is entitled to be in New Zealand with or without a visa under this Act. (3) Every passport, certificate of identity, boarding pass, or travel ticket produced by a person to an immigration officer under subsection (2)— (a) must, if the person is a New Zealand citizen or holds a visa and has been granted entry permission, be inspected immediately and returned to the person as soon as the inspection is concluded; or (b) may, if the person does not hold a visa or has not been granted entry permission, be retained by the immigration officer, but must be returned to the person on the person’s departure from New Zealand. (4) In this section and section 106,— customs airport means an aerodrome designated as a customs airport under section 9 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 domestic passenger — (a) means a passenger who has an entitlement to air travel for a domestic sector on either— (i) an aircraft that begins its journey outside New Zealand and, in the course of that journey, enters New Zealand and travels between at least 2 customs airports in New Zealand; or (ii) an aircraft that begins its journey at a customs airport in New Zealand and, in the course of that journey, travels to at least 1 other customs airport in New Zealand before leaving New Zealand; but (b) does not include an internationally ticketed passenger domestic sector means a journey from one customs airport to another within New Zealand internationally ticketed passenger means a person who has an entitlement to air travel for a domestic sector, the entitlement being included in travel tickets for an international journey that— (a) began outside New Zealand; or (b) began inside New Zealand and is to continue outside New Zealand. Compare: 1987 No 74 s 126A