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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Smoking and vaping prohibited in workplaces and public areas

10: Application of Act to ships

You could also call this:

"This law applies to New Zealand ships and some foreign ships in New Zealand waters, depending on what they are doing."

This Act applies to a ship if it is a New Zealand ship in New Zealand. It also applies to a foreign ship that is on demise charter to a New Zealand-based operator and is carrying coastal cargo within New Zealand. You need to know it applies to a foreign ship carrying out mining operations as defined in the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

The Act applies to different types of ships in certain situations. If a foreign ship is on demise charter to a New Zealand operator and is carrying coastal cargo, this Act applies to it. This Act also applies to a foreign ship doing mining operations, which is explained in the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

The rules are about when this Act applies to ships, including foreign ships in New Zealand waters. You should look at what type of ship it is and what it is doing to see if this Act applies. If the ship is a New Zealand ship or a foreign ship doing certain activities, like mining as defined in the Crown Minerals Act 1991, this Act applies to it.

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10Application of Act to ships

  1. This Act applies to a ship if, and only if, it is—

  2. a New Zealand ship that is within New Zealand; or
    1. a foreign ship that—
      1. is a ship on demise charter to a New Zealand-based operator; and
        1. is carrying coastal cargo within New Zealand; or
        2. a foreign ship that is carrying out mining operations within the meaning of the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

          Notes
          • Section 10: substituted, on , by section 8 of the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 127).
          • Section 10(c): amended, on , by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).