New Zealand Acts

IMMIGRATION ACT 2009 - SECT 178

178 Executing deportation order

1 A deportation order may be executed once it has been served on the person subject to the order.

2 A deportation order may be executed by—

a) taking the person into custody; and

b) escorting the person (or arranging for the person to be escorted) to an airport or port; and

c) ensuring that the person is placed on board a craft and detained there until the person leaves New Zealand.

3 A deportation order may be executed in respect of a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a prison only if the Minister has ordered the release of the person in accordance with section 55 of the Parole Act 2002 .