New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 370

370 Interpretation

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—  
"Civil Liability Convention" has the meaning given to it by section 342     
"CLC ship" has the meaning given to it by section 342     
"CLC State" has the meaning given to it by section 342     
"fund" means the International Oil Pollution Fund or the Supplementary Fund (as the case may be)    
"Fund Convention" means the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971; and includes any subsequent protocol or amendment to, or revision of, that convention accepted or ratified by New Zealand    
"International Oil Pollution Fund" means the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund established under Article 2 of the Fund Convention    
"International Oil Pollution Supplementary Fund" or
"Supplementary Fund" means the International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund established under Article 2 of the Supplementary Fund Protocol    
"oil" means any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil    
"owner" , in relation to a CLC ship, has the same meaning as CLC owner in section 342     
"pollution damage" has the meaning given to it by section 342     
"Supplementary Fund Protocol" means the Protocol of 2003 to the Fund Convention and includes any subsequent protocol or amendment to, or revision of, that protocol accepted or ratified by New Zealand    
"tonnage" has the meaning given to it by section 342 .  

Note: 1974 No 14 s 47

History: Section 370 Convention ship: repealed, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(1)(a) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).   Section 370 fund: inserted, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 370 International Oil Pollution Fund: amended, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(1)(b) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 370 International Oil Pollution Supplementary Fund or Supplementary Fund: inserted, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 370 oil: substituted, on 25 June 1999, by section 8(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 53).     Section 370 owner: inserted, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 370 owner (in relation to a CLC ship): repealed, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 370 owner (in relation to any convention ship): repealed, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 370 pollution damage: inserted, on 25 June 1999, by section 8(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 53).     Section 370 Supplementary Fund Protocol: inserted, on 15 June 2018, by section 12(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).