Section 297 — Immigration Act 2009: Chief executive may supply information concerning specified fines defaulters to commercial carriers

297 Chief executive may supply information concerning specified fines defaulters to commercial carriers (1) This section applies to the chief executive of the Department if he or she is supplied with information about a specified fines defaulter (within the meaning of section 280F(3) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996) under section 280F(1) of that Act. (2) The chief executive of the Department may supply the information to a commercial carrier— (a) in any form and by any method that the chief executive thinks appropriate; and (b) in whole or in part, in the form of a code representing the information. (3) In this section,— commercial carrier means— (a) the owner or operator of a craft that carries persons from New Zealand to a point outside New Zealand for commercial purposes; or (b) the agent of a person described in paragraph (a) specified fines defaulter has the meaning given by section 280F of the Customs and Excise Act 1996. Compare: 1987 No 74 s 141AG