New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 33D

33D Regional councils to appoint harbourmasters

1 A regional council may appoint a harbourmaster for any port, harbour, or waters in its region.

2 Despite subsection (1), a regional council must appoint a harbourmaster for any port, harbour, or waters in its region if the Minister directs it to do so.

3 A direction under subsection (2) must be in writing.

4 If maritime rules do not prescribe qualifications for harbourmasters, the regional council must satisfy itself that a person appointed as harbourmaster is suitably qualified to perform the functions of harbourmaster in respect of the relevant port, harbour, or waters.

Note: 1974 No 66 s 650B

History: Section 33D: inserted, on 23 October 2013, by section 7 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).