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15B: Discharge of harmful substances from ships or offshore installations
or “Rules about letting harmful stuff out of ships or oil rigs into the sea, land, or air”
You could also call this:

“You can't put dangerous waste like radioactive stuff in the sea or on the coast.”

You are not allowed to dump radioactive waste or other radioactive matter from any ship, aircraft, or offshore installation in the coastal marine area. This means you can’t throw away these kinds of materials into the sea from boats, planes, or offshore structures.

You also can’t store radioactive waste, other radioactive matter, or toxic or hazardous waste on any land or in any water in the coastal marine area. This means you can’t keep these dangerous materials anywhere along the coast, either on the shore or in the water.

The law explains that “radioactive waste or other radioactive matter” has the same meaning as in section 257 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994. If you want to know exactly what this means, you can look it up in that Act.

“Toxic or hazardous waste” is defined as any waste or other matter that has been officially listed as toxic or hazardous in the government’s rules (regulations).

These rules are in place to protect the coastal environment from dangerous materials that could harm people, animals, or plants.

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Part 3 Duties and restrictions under this Act
Discharges

15CProhibitions in relation to radioactive waste or other radioactive matter and other waste in coastal marine area

  1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, no person may, in the coastal marine area,—

  2. dump from any ship, aircraft, or offshore installation any radioactive waste or other radioactive matter; or
    1. store any radioactive waste or other radioactive matter or toxic or hazardous waste on or in any land or water.

      1. In this section,—

        radioactive waste or other radioactive matter has the same meaning as in section 257 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994

          toxic or hazardous waste means any waste or other matter prescribed as toxic or hazardous waste by regulations.

          Notes
          • Section 15C: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 105).