New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 470

470 Proceedings under Marine Pollution Act 1974

1 Nothing in this Part shall prevent proceedings being commenced under the Marine Pollution Act 1974 where the events to which those proceedings relate have occurred before the repeal of that Act.

2 In any proceeding to which subsection (1) applies, the provisions of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 and any regulations and Orders in Council made under that Act shall apply as if they had not been repealed or revoked.

3 For the purposes of subsection (1) and section 60(7) of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 , the regional council within whose region the relevant harbour is located and the Director shall be deemed to be authorised to institute proceedings for an offence (other than an offence against section 12(7) of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 ) committed in or in relation to the waters of a harbour.