Immigration Restriction Regulations




78 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 2

Immigration Restriction Regulations.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth, and doth hereby revoke, as from the coming into force of the regulations hereby made, the regulations next hereinafter referred to.

REGULATIONS REVOKED.

Act under which issued. Date of Order in Council making Regulations. Date of Publication in the Gazette.
The Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920 10 Jan., 1921 14 Jan., 1921.
The Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920 21 Feb., 1921 24 Feb., 1921.
The Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920 21 Feb., 1927 24 Feb., 1927.
The Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1923 21 Feb., 1927 24 Feb., 1927.
The Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920 11 July, 1927 14 July, 1927.

REGULATIONS.

CITATION.

  1. These regulations may be cited as the Immigration Restriction Regulations, 1930, and shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

INTERPRETATION.

  1. In these regulations—

“Immigration Restriction Acts” means the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, and the amendments thereof and the regulations made thereunder, including these regulations :

“Restricted immigrant” means any passenger to whom Part I of the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, applies :

“Student” means a person concerning whom an application in Form 7 hereinafter mentioned has been received by the Minister or to whom a permit in Form 8 hereinafter mentioned has been granted.

FORMS.

  1. (1) The forms in the Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be prescribed.

(2) Where a prescribed form contains by way of note or otherwise a clear direction or indication of any requirements as to—

(a) The number of copies of any document to be tendered ;

(b) The nature or form of the document or information to be furnished ;

(c) Any action, either by way of signing a form of declaration or otherwise, to be taken by any person ;

the requirement so directed or indicated shall be deemed to be prescribed.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in these regulations, the following provisions shall apply :—

(a) In lieu of any prescribed form any document may be used which is substantially in accordance with the prescribed form :

(b) In cases where forms heretofore prescribed differ from forms hereby prescribed the first-mentioned forms may, so far as consistent with the Immigration Restriction Acts, be used until the expiry of one year from the date of the publication of these regulations in the New Zealand Gazette.

(4) The Minister may require copies of any prescribed form or of any document in addition to the number (if any) indicated on the form in the Schedule hereto.

TEMPORARY PERMITS.

  1. Every person who desires a temporary permit to enter New Zealand under section 8 of the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920, shall, if required by the Collector, make and deliver to him an application in Form 1, and shall make before an officer of Customs the declaration set out in the said form.

  2. (1) The temporary permit under section 8 of the Immigration Restriction Amendment Act, 1920, shall be in Form 2.

(2) Every such permit may, at the discretion of the Minister, either with respect to any person or to any class of persons, be granted—

(a) Subject to any or all of the following conditions, namely :—

(i) That before the issue of the permit a sum of £10 is deposited with the Collector of Customs at the port of arrival by or on behalf of the visitor, to be held by such Collector on the terms that if the visitor, together with his wife and/or children (if accompanying him), shall—

(a) Report personally to the Collector of Customs at the port of departure within a reasonable time before such departure ;

(b) Furnish to the satisfaction of the last-named Collector proof of identity of the visitor, his wife, and/or children (if mentioned in the permit) ;

(c) Surrender the permit to the last-named Collector at the time of departure from New Zealand ;

(d) Leave New Zealand within the period for which the permit is granted ;

(e) Comply in all respects with the Immigration Restriction Acts and with every condition imposed on the granting of the permit pursuant to these regulations—

then and in such case the said sum of £10 shall be refunded to the depositor, but otherwise the said sum shall be forfeited and paid to the Public Account :

(ii) That the person to whom the permit is granted will on request at any time by an officer of Customs or a member of the Police Force produce the permit to him for inspection :

(iii) That it shall be sufficient notice to the person to whom the permit is granted as to any matter which the Minister or Collector of Customs desires to communicate to such person (including the revocation, if any, of the permit) if a letter is sent by post to the address shown in his application for a temporary permit or furnished to the Collector of Customs as the address in New Zealand to which communications can be sent to him :

(iv) That the visitor will not, without the special permission in writing of the Collector, engage in any work or occupation, or carry on or assist in carrying on, or accept any employment in or in connection with, any business, calling, or pursuit, other than as stated in the permit :

(v) That the visitor will forthwith on demand as and when the same become payable, and unless theretofore paid to the Crown or the public body concerned, pay to the Collector, to be received on behalf of the Crown or the public body concerned, all costs, charges, and expenses that may at any time be incurred by the Crown or any public body in or about the maintenance, relief, arrest, or detention in New Zealand of the visitor, his wife, and/or children (if accompanying him), or his or their deportation from New Zealand, whether arising from sickness or poverty, or from default by him or them in compliance with any requirements of law, or from any other cause, and whether or not such costs, charges, and expenses may, apart from this condition, be a debt recoverable by the Crown or such public body from the visitor or any other person ; provided always that in the case of any such costs, charges, or expenses as are not actually



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🛂 Immigration Restriction Regulations 1930

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13 January 1930
Regulations, Immigration Restriction Act, Temporary Permits, Forms, Revocation
  • Charles Fergusson, Governor-General