Types of fines
You may be issued with an MPI infringement notice and have to pay a fine if you:
- fail to declare biosecurity risk goods (like food) when you arrive in New Zealand
- operate a transitional or containment facility when you’re not approved as the facility’s operator or fail to follow operating standards for your transitional or containment facility
- fail to provide notice of your vessel’s impending arrival into New Zealand territory, or failed to provide information to passengers about biosecurity law
- commit an offence under the Fisheries Act, like catching more fish than you're allowed
- break animal welfare laws
- commit an offence under the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012 (NAIT), such as failing to register your animals
- commit an offence under the Food Safety Act 2014 or food safety regulations, such as failing to have a Food Control Plan.
The reasons for your fine will be on the notice along with your rights.
All notices attract a fine and are strict liability offences – like speeding or parking tickets. That means you may have committed an offence even though you had no intention of doing so. But a notice doesn't give you a criminal conviction.
How to pay your fine
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