Biosecurity Act 1993

Preliminary

4: Application of Act in territorial sea

You could also call this:

"This law also applies to the sea close to New Zealand's coast, allowing foreign ships to pass through safely."

This Act applies to the territorial sea, which is the area of sea close to New Zealand's coast. When you interpret a provision in this Act that applies to the territorial sea, you must do it in a way that allows vessels from other countries to pass through the area without any problems, as long as they are not doing anything wrong. This is in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, which you can find out more about through the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is not relevant here but the concept is, so you should know that this convention sets out rules for ships passing through waters near countries.

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Part 1Preliminary

4Application of Act in territorial sea

  1. A provision in this Act that applies in the territorial sea must be interpreted in a way that preserves the rights of vessels of other states to engage in innocent passage through the territorial sea or transit passage through straits used for international navigation as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982.

Notes
  • Section 4: replaced, on , by section 7 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).