New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 469

469 Permits and other documents issued under Marine Pollution Act 1974

1 Except as provided in subsection (2), every permit issued in accordance with section 22B of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 and any regulations under section 22A of that Act , being a permit in force immediately before the repeal of that Act by section 481 , shall be deemed to be a marine protection document issued on the same terms and conditions and shall have effect and be subject to the provisions of this Act accordingly.

2 Every permit issued in accordance with section 22B of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 and any regulations made under section 22A of that Act that, being a permit—

a) issued to authorise, in relation to the coastal marine area (as defined in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991 ),—

i) the dumping or incineration of waste or other matter; or

ii) the dumping of any ship, aircraft, or offshore installation; and

b) in force immediately before the repeal of that Act by section 481 ,—

shall be deemed to be a coastal permit granted under the Resource Management Act 1991 on the same terms and conditions by the appropriate regional council; and the provisions of the Resource Management Act 1991 shall apply accordingly.

3 Notwithstanding section 12(6) or section 15(3) of the Resource Management Act 1991 , a coastal permit deemed by subsection (2) to have been granted does not authorise any person to do anything that would otherwise contravene section 12 or section 15 of that Act.

4 Every document issued under the Marine Pollution Act 1974 or regulations made under that Act, other than a document referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2), that is in force immediately before the repeal of that Act by section 481 , shall, on the commencement of that section, be deemed to be a marine protection document issued under this Act on the same terms and conditions applying in respect of that document under the Marine Pollution Act 1974 .