New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 284

284 Purpose and contents of response strategy

1 The purpose of the New Zealand marine oil spill response strategy is to—

a) describe the action to be taken, and by whom the action is to be undertaken, in response to a marine oil spill in New Zealand marine waters; and

b) promote a standard response to marine oil spills in New Zealand; and

c) promote the co-ordination of marine oil spill contingency plans and the action taken in response to marine oil spills under such plans.

2 The New Zealand marine oil spill response strategy shall include such matters as the Director considers appropriate to achieve its purpose as specified in subsection (1) and any other matters that the marine protection rules require to be included in the response strategy.