Y2.5 Passenger responsibilities on departure (18/04/2014)

See also Immigration Act 2009 ss 119, 120, 342, 344(e)

See also Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010, regs 30, 31

1. Passengers are responsible on departure for:
   1. presenting themselves to an immigration officer at an immigration control area with a completed departure card; and
   2. producing their passport or certificate of identity to an immigration officer; and
   3. complying with any direction of an immigration officer; and
   4. in the case of passengers who are not New Zealand citizens - allowing biometric information to be collected (see A22).
2. Passengers leaving New Zealand by means of the automated electronic system:
   1. are exempt from (a)(i) above, unless the automated electronic system indicates otherwise; and
   2. may meet (a)(ii) above by presenting their passport to the automated electronic system.
3. If a passenger is responsible for the care of a person who cannot comply with Y2.5(a)(i)-(iii) above because of age or disability, it is their responsibility to comply on behalf of that person.
4. A passenger who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the responsibilities set out above or completes a departure card in a manner that they know is false or misleading in any way, commits an offence and may be prosecuted.

Note: Y2.5 does not apply to people in New Zealand who are deemed to hold a visa and leave New Zealand other than at an immigration control area.

Effective 18/04/2014