2932
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

IMPORTATION, ENTRY, AND UNLOADING OF GOODS.

11. A person importing goods in an aircraft shall not bring the goods into any place in New Zealand other than a Customs aerodrome, or unload the goods from any aircraft except at an examination station (unless such goods are unloaded in the presence of an officer of Customs under the provisions of clause 7 of these regulations), and shall not unload the goods except between such hours as are prescribed by the Customs Regulations, or remove the goods from an examination station save with the consent of the proper officer of Customs after the goods have been duly entered in the manner prescribed by the Customs Acts.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

12. If any aircraft arriving from a place outside New Zealand shall land in any place other than a Customs aerodrome the pilot shall forthwith report to an officer of Customs or police constable, and shall on demand produce to such officer or police constable the journey log-book belonging to the aircraft, and shall not allow any goods to be unloaded therefrom without the consent of an officer of Customs, and no passenger thereof shall leave the immediate vicinity without the consent of an officer of Customs. If such place of landing shall be an aerodrome, the pilot shall forthwith report the arrival of the aircraft and the place whence it came to the proprietor of the aerodrome, who shall forthwith report the arrival of the aircraft to an officer of Customs, and shall not allow any goods to be unloaded therefrom or any passenger thereof to leave the aerodrome without the consent of such officer.

13. If any person flies an aircraft in contravention of, or otherwise fails to comply with, these regulations or any provision thereof, or if in or in respect of any aircraft any act is committed in contravention of these regulations or any provision thereof, the owner or hirer of the aircraft (if other than the Crown) and the pilot or commander thereof shall be deemed to have contravened or, as the case may be, failed to comply with these regulations:

Provided that—

(a) It shall be a defence to any proceedings for such contravention of, or failure to comply with, these regulations if the contravention or failure is proved to have been due to stress of weather or other unavoidable cause; and

(b) It shall be a defence to any proceedings under these regulations against the owner, hirer, pilot, or commander of an aircraft to prove that the alleged contravention took place without his actual fault or privity.

14. If an officer of Customs in the execution of his duty boards any aircraft in any place, the pilot thereof shall not convey him in the aircraft away from such place without his consent.

15. (1) The proprietor of any aerodrome shall at all times permit any officer of Customs to enter and inspect his aerodrome and all buildings and goods thereon.

(2) The pilot of any aircraft shall permit any officer of Customs at any time to board and inspect his aircraft and any goods laden therein, and every such officer shall have the right of access at any time to any place to which access is necessary for the purpose of such inspection.

(3) The importer or exporter of any goods imported or exported in an aircraft shall produce such goods to the proper officer of Customs at the Customs aerodrome of importation or exportation, as the case may be, and permit him to inspect such goods.

16. The provisions of the Customs Acts shall, so far as they are applicable, and except as they are modified by these regulations, apply to aircraft and to goods and persons carried in or landed from them as they apply to ships and to goods and persons carried in or landed from ships.

The Minister may modify the form of any document prescribed by the Customs Regulations so as to make such form applicable to aircraft or to goods carried therein.

PENALTIES.

17. If any person commits a breach of these regulations he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty pounds.