Pursuant to sections 288 (1) (c) and (12) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, the Chief Executive hereby makes the rules prescribing the forms of certificates of clearance for craft and revokes the Customs (Certificate of Clearance) Rules 1996 and amendments made thereto.
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1. Title and application-(1) These rules are the Customs (Certificates of Clearance) Rules 2004.
(2) These rules shall apply for the purpose of prescribing the forms of the certificates of clearance in respect of every departing craft that has, as its destination, a point outside New Zealand.
(3) These rules revoke the Customs (Certificate of Clearance) Rules 1996 and amendments made thereto.
2. Commencement-These rules come into force on 1 December 2004.
3. Interpretation-(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
"The Act" means the Customs and Excise Act.
"Comptroller" means the Comptroller of Customs who is the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service.
"Prescribed form" or "form" means a form (including, if any, an electronic message format) prescribed by the Comptroller and set out in the Schedule to these rules; and a reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form so prescribed and numbered.
"The regulations" means the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996.
"Small craft" means any ship or boat not used for hire or reward (for example privately owned and operated yachts and launches).
(2) Unless otherwise defined in these rules, any terms used in these rules and which are defined in the Act shall have the meanings given to them in the Act.
4. Form of certificates of clearance-Every certificate of clearance issued, under section 33 (1) of the Act, must be:
(a) in Form C3 for ships or boats (other than small craft);
(b) in Form C3A for aircraft;
(c) in Form C3B for small craft.
5. Notes-Where a prescribed form contains any explanatory or other notes, such notes do not form part of the prescription but are intended for the guidance of the person required to provide information for the completion of the prescribed form.
6. Revocations-The following rules are hereby revoked:
(a) Customs (Certificate of Clearance) Rules 1996*
(b) Customs (Certificate of Clearance) Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2002**
(*CR 1C/1996; **CR 1C/2002)
7. Status of rules-These rules are deemed to be regulations for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.






Dated at Wellington this 25th day of October 2004.
MARTYN DUNNE, Comptroller of Customs.
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Notice under section 288 (7) of the Act.
Copies of these rules are available for inspection on the Customs Service web site (www.customs.govt.nz) or at any of the following Customs offices:
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, 17-21 Whitmore Street.
Copies of these rules may be purchased from: Publications, New Zealand Customs Service, Private Bag 1928, Dunedin.