Preamble
Pursuant to sections 288(1)(d) and 288(12) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 ("the Act"), the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service hereby makes the following amendments to the Customs (Import Entry) Rules 1997.
RULES:
1. APPLICATION AND COMMENCEMENT
(a) These rules may be cited as the Customs (Import Entry) Amendment Rules 2013.
(b) In these rules, the Customs (Import Entry) Rules 1997* are called "the principal rules".
(*CR1D/1997 as amended by CR1D/2004, CR1D 2007, CR1D/2009 and CR1D/2010)
(c) These rules shall come into force on the 28th day after notification of their making in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. AMENDMENT TO RULE 1 OF THE PRINCIPAL RULES
Rule 1 of the principal rules is amended by inserting the following paragraph between paragraph (b) and (c):
(ba) These rules apply only to import entries made using the legacy import entry message format. Import entries that use the new WCO message content will fall under the new Customs (Import Entry WCO Message) Rules 2013.
3. AMENDMENT TO RULE 2 OF PRINCIPAL RULES
Rule 2 of the principal rules is amended by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (g):
(h) "legacy import entry message" means the message lodgement and content provided to the New Zealand Customs Service under the principal rules.
(i) "Joint Border Management System" (JBMS) means the integrated border management computer system developed by the
New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to modernise and integrate New Zealand's border clearance processes for people, goods and craft.
(j) "WCO message" means the electronic message lodgement and content for the entering of goods for importation that is provided to the Joint Border Management System through Trade Single Window in accordance with the World Customs Organizations' Data Model as adapted for New Zealand.
(k) "Trade Single Window" (TSW) means the computer system application jointly managed by Customs and MPI that enables parties involved in international trade and transport to submit craft and cargo clearance data that is required by New Zealand border agencies electronically, once, through one entry point.
4. NOTES
(a) The principal rules are amended to acknowledge the introduction of the Customs (Import WCO Message) Rules 2013 and Trade Single Window (TSW) as part of the integrated Joint Border Management System (JBMS).
(b) This amendment clarifies that every import entry made under section 39(1) of the Act using the existing legacy import entry message in the Customs computerised entry processing system (including Trade Single Window) shall fall under the principal rules.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March 2013.
Carolyn Tremain
Chief Executive
Notice under Section 288(7) of the Act.
Copies of these rules are available for inspection in:
Auckland: The Customhouse
50 Anzac Avenue, Auckland City
Christchurch: The Customhouse
6 Orchard Road, Christchurch Airport
Dunedin: The Customhouse
32 Portsmouth Drive
Wellington: The Customhouse
1 Hinemoa Street
Copies of these rules may be purchased from the:
Corporate Support Unit
New Zealand Customs Service
Private Bag 1928
Dunedin
or can be downloaded for free from the Customs website:
http://www.customs.govt.nz/news/resources/legal/Pages/default.aspx