New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 386

386 Marine protection rules to implement international standards

1 The Minister may from time to time make marine protection rules for all or any of the following purposes:

a) to implement New Zealand’s obligations under any marine protection convention:

b) to make such rules as may be necessary to enable New Zealand to become a party to any international convention, protocol, or agreement relating to the protection of the marine environment:

c) to implement such international practices or standards relating to the protection of the marine environment as may from time to time be recommended by the International Maritime Organisation.

2 Nothing in subsection (1) limits any other provision of this Act that empowers the making of marine protection rules.

3 Marine protection rules under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Note: 1990 No 98 s 28 ; 1992 No 75 s 18

History: Section 386(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).