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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Customs (Aircraft) Regulations, 1935.—(C. No. 141.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of October, 1935.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section twenty-nine of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, section three of the Air Navigation Act, 1931, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that 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 following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

CITATION.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Customs (Aircraft) Regulations, 1935, and shall be deemed part of the Customs Regulations published in the Gazette on the 2nd day of July, 1914.

INTERPRETATION.

2. For the purposes of these regulations—
   “ Aircraft ” includes all balloons, whether fixed or free, kites, gliders, airships, and flying-machines :
   “ Aerodrome ” means any definite and limited ground or water area intended to be used and capable of being used either wholly or in part for the landing or departure of aircraft :
   “ Examination station ” means a place at a Customs aerodrome appointed by the Minister of Customs as a place for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs :
   “ Pilot ” includes person in charge :
   Other expressions have the same meaning as in the Customs Act, 1913, and regulations thereunder.

CUSTOMS AERODROMES.

3. (i) The Minister of Customs may, subject to the concurrence of the Minister of Defence and subject to such conditions as to security and otherwise as he thinks fit, by Warrant under his hand appoint aerodromes as “ Customs aerodromes ” for purposes of the Customs Act, and may in like manner and with the like concurrence revoke any such appointment.
   (ii) The Minister of Customs may, subject to the concurrence of the Minister of Defence, by Warrant under his hand, and subject to such conditions as to security or otherwise as he thinks fit, appoint at any Customs aerodrome places for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs, and may in like manner and with the like concurrence revoke any such appointment.

ARRIVAL AT CUSTOMS AERODROMES.

4. An aircraft arriving in New Zealand from parts beyond the seas shall not land in New Zealand for the first time in any journey except at a Customs aerodrome unless with the prior permission of the Comptroller of Customs :
   Provided that this clause shall not apply where an aircraft is compelled to land before arriving at a Customs aerodrome owing to accident, stress of weather, or unavoidable cause, in which event the procedure laid down in clause 12 of these regulations shall be followed.
   (5) (i) No person in any aircraft entering New Zealand shall carry or allow to be carried in the aircraft any goods the importation of which is prohibited under the Customs Acts.
   (ii) No person in any aircraft entering New Zealand shall break or alter any seal placed upon any part of the aircraft or upon any goods therein by a Customs or Revenue Officer at the aerodrome from which he departed for New Zealand, other than upon stores for the consumption of the persons on the aircraft during the journey to New Zealand.
5. No person shall bring into or take from New Zealand an aircraft having any secret or disguised place adapted for concealing goods.