New Zealand Acts

IMMIGRATION ACT 2009 - SECT 100

100 Collection of biometric information from proposed arrivals

1 A person who is proposing to board a craft for the purposes of travelling to New Zealand must allow biometric information to be collected from him or her.

2 The requirement in subsection (1) does not apply if the person is exempt from providing the information in accordance with regulations made under section 400(l) .

3 If the person fails to allow the biometric information to be collected, the chief executive may decide that the person—

a) may not board the craft; or

b) may board the craft only if the person complies with conditions specified by the chief executive.

4 Nothing in this section applies to a person who, before boarding the craft, holds and produces—

a) a New Zealand passport; or

b) a foreign passport containing an endorsement of a type described in section 384 ; or

c) a foreign passport containing a returning resident's visa (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the former Act).

History: Section 100: not yet in force.