New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 296

296 Purpose of national marine oil spill contingency plan

The purpose of the national marine oil spill contingency plan is to promote a planned and nationally co-ordinated response to any marine oil spill that—

a) is beyond the resources of the regional council within whose region it is located; or

b) is outside the region of any regional council, but within the exclusive economic zone of New Zealand, and is an oil spill for which the Director considers that a national response is required.