New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 388

388 Marine protection rules in relation to harmful and other substances

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

a) the substances that are harmful substances for the purposes of section 225 :

b) the substances that are noxious liquid substances for the purposes of section 225 :

c) the substances that are not to be noxious liquid substances for the purposes of section 225 :

ca) the substances that are hazardous substances other than oil for the purposes of section 247 :

d) things and substances that are to be included as marine protection products for the purposes of section 225 :

e) requirements for the design and construction of ships and other real or personal property for which a marine protection document is required:

f) areas of ships where harmful substances, or any specified harmful substance, or ballast water, may not be held:

g) the maximum quantities of harmful substances, or any specified harmful substance, that may be held on ships or any class of ship:

h) standards and requirements in respect of marine protection products and reception facilities:

i) regulating or prohibiting, in relation to ships, all or any of the following:

i) the discharge of harmful substances or any specified harmful substance, whether generally or in any specified area:

ii) the removal or retention on board of harmful substances:

iii) the stowage, packaging, containment, marking, labelling, documentation, and notification of harmful substances carried in packaged form:

iv) plans for emergencies involving harmful substances or any specified harmful substance:

j) the requirements (and, in particular, in the case of any notice, the time periods to be complied with and the form and manner in which the notice is to be given) in respect of ships, offshore installations, pipelines, transfer facilities, reception facilities, and marine operations for the following:

i) giving notice under section 227 of the discharge or escape of any harmful substance:

ii) giving notice under section 228 of any pollution incident:

iii) giving notice under section 229 or section 230 of the prospective arrival of any ship carrying oil or a noxious liquid substance or the transfer of oil or any such substance to or from a ship:

iv) surveys and inspections:

v) records to be kept in respect of activities involving harmful substances or any specified harmful substance:

k) shipping exclusion zones and navigation and shipping lanes within the territorial sea of New Zealand:

l) the requirements and procedures for the discharge or escape of water produced from geologic formations by marine operations in the high seas:

m) the requirements and procedures for the transfer of oil or noxious liquid substances to or from transfer facilities or ships:

n) prescribing requirements and procedures relating to the control and management of ballast water for the purposes of the convention, including, but not limited to, provision for the Director to issue guidelines that allow for exemptions from the requirements and procedures for ships complying with the guidelines:

o) prescribing requirements, procedures, and standards relating to the prevention of air pollution from ships for the purposes of implementing Annex VI.

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

History: Section 388(1)(a): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).   Section 388(1)(b): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(c): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(ca): inserted, on 23 October 2013, by section 64 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).     Section 388(1)(ca): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(d): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(e): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(f): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(g): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(h): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(i): amended, on 31 October 2015, by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).     Section 388(1)(j): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(k): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(l): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(l): amended, on 31 October 2015, by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).     Section 388(1)(m): amended, on 16 December 2017, by section 37(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 48).     Section 388(1)(n): inserted, on 8 September 2017, by section 86(10) of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).     Section 388(1)(o): inserted, on 16 November 2021, by section 11 of the Maritime Transport (MARPOL Annex VI) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 45).     Section 388(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).