“boarding station means—

• “(a) a station or place appointed under section 27(1)(a) of the Customs Act 1966 at which ships arriving at or departing from any port shall bring-to for the boarding or landing of officers of Customs; or

• “(b) any other part of any port at which persons arriving in New Zealand by ship are granted permits or are otherwise cleared by an immigration officer to be in New Zealand:”.

“domestic sector means a journey from one customs airport to another within New Zealand”.

“examination station means an area at any customs airport determined pursuant to section 33(2A) of the Customs Act 1966 to be an arrival hall or a departure hall”.

“internationally ticketed passenger means a person who has an entitlement to air travel for a domestic sector, the entitlement being included in ticketing for an international journey which—

• “(a) began outside New Zealand; or

• “(b) began inside New Zealand and is to continue outside New Zealand:”.

“126A Responsibilities of internationally ticketed passengers travelling by air within New Zealand

• “(1) Where an internationally ticketed passenger is using air travel for a domestic sector, this section shall apply to that passenger from the time at which that passenger enters the examination station at the commencement of the domestic sector until the time at which the passenger leaves the examination station at the end of the domestic sector.

  “(2) Every person to whom this section applies shall produce for inspection on demand by an immigration officer that person's passport or certificate of identity and that person's boarding pass or ticketing or both to enable the officer to determine whether or not the person is entitled to be in New Zealand with or without a permit under this Act.

  “(3) Every person commits an offence against this Act who fails to produce on demand that person's passport or certificate of identity in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

  “(4) Every passport or certificate of identity or boarding pass or ticketing produced by a person to an immigration officer under subsection (2) of this section—

  • “(a) shall, if the person is a New Zealand citizen or holds a permit or is exempt under this Act from the requirement to hold a permit, be returned to that person before that person leaves the examination station; or

  • “(b) may, if the person does not hold a permit, and the officer does not grant that person a permit, be retained by the immigration officer, but after any such retention shall be returned to that person on that person's departure from New Zealand.”