Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notification of Designation of Customs Airport

I, Philip Alan Powell Chitty, Group Manager Airports, acting pursuant to section 9(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, hereby designate as a Customs airport the airport operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Ohakea.
I hereby further impose the following conditions and restrictions:
"That the arrival and departure of aircraft at this airport shall be limited to:
(i) aircraft operated by the New Zealand Defence Forces, Visiting Forces, and their supporting aircraft; and
(ii) aircraft required to divert from another Customs airport due to navigational requirements, stress
of weather or other necessity; and in such circumstances, all passengers and goods must remain onboard the aircraft until disembarkation or unloading is permitted by a Customs officer; and
(iii) other aircraft, subject to Customs’ prior approval being obtained and at least three working days’ notice is given in seeking such approval."
Dated at Auckland this 8th day of November 2010.
P. A. P. CHITTY, for Comptroller of Customs.