Section 421 — Immigration Act 2009: Reporting obligations of carriers, and persons in charge, of craft leaving New Zealand

421 Reporting obligations of carriers, and persons in charge, of craft leaving New Zealand (1) This section applies in respect of a person if,— (a) before the commencement of section 404 of this Act, the person was on board a craft when it arrived in New Zealand; and (b) on arrival, the person was exempt under section 11(1)(c), (d), or (e) of the former Act from the requirement to hold a permit to be in New Zealand; and (c) on or after the commencement of section 404 of this Act, the person is not aboard the craft when the craft is leaving New Zealand. (2) The obligations of the carrier, and the person in charge, of the craft to report to an immigration officer under section 118(1)(c) of this Act apply in respect of a person described in subsection (1) as if the person were a member of the crew or a person of a class prescribed for the purposes of that section, as the case may be.