D2.31 Deportation liability notice

See also Immigration Act 2009 ss 170, 286

1. A deportation liability notice must be served on a person liable for deportation if it is intended to execute the deportation of the person.
2. (a) above applies unless:
   1. the person is liable for deportation on the grounds of being unlawfully in New Zealand; or
   2. the person is named in a deportation order under section 163 of the Immigration Act 2009.
3. If a deportation liability notice is served by way of personal service, it may be served only by an immigration officer or by another person on behalf of an immigration officer.
4. For the purpose of serving any deportation liability notice, an immigration officer may, without further authority than section 286 of the Immigration Act 2009, and by force if necessary
   1. enter and search at any reasonable time by day or night any building or premises in which the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person named in the notice is present; and
   2. serve the notice .

Effective 28/08/2017