Maritime Powers Bill [pdf, 151 KB]
...constable or, if the item is a biological specimen, to deliver it to an inspector under the Biosecurity Act 1993. 10 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (opened for signature 10 December 1982, entered into force 16 November 1994), art 110(1)(d). 28. Clause 43 allows for the forfeiture of a ship where there is evidence that the ship has been engaged in one of drug smuggling, piracy, trafficking in persons or unlawful importation of goods into New Zealand. The seizure o...