New Zealand #703 (v.5)
Base data
- Notified in
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                    G/MA/QR/N/NZL/7 29/07/2025
 - Version validity
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                    31/10/2024 -
                                    present
                                    Current active version v.5
 - Reporting member
 - New Zealand
 - In force from
 - End date
 - In force
 - General description
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                    Conditional prohibition on the importation of offensive weapons
 - National legal basis
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                    Entry into Force: 1 October 2021
Customs Import Prohibition (Offensive Weapons) Order 2021
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2021/0215/latest/whole.html
 - Administrative mechanism
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                    Consent to import may be granted by Commissioner of Police.
Administered by the New Zealand Police using Customs’ legislative vehicle. - Responsible entities
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                    New Zealand Police
 - HS version
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                    HS 2022
 - Referenced WTO document symbol
 
Meta data
- WTO justifications
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XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)
Reported as: Article XX(b) of the GATT - necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health - Non-WTO commitments
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 - Affected partners
 - Non-affected partners
 
Measures
- Reported restrictions
 - NAL
 
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Tariff lines
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            Various
        
             
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            Knuckledusters, knives incorporating knuckledusters, swordsticks (including, without limitation, any...
        
             
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