This law is about maritime transport in New Zealand. It helps keep the marine environment safe and makes sure people follow the rules. You can think of the marine environment as the ocean and the creatures that live in it.
The law also makes sure New Zealand follows international agreements about maritime transport. This means New Zealand has to do what it agreed to do when it signed these agreements. You can find more information about these agreements in the relevant sections of the law.
The law regulates maritime activities, which are things like shipping and boating, in New Zealand and its waters. It also regulates these activities in areas outside New Zealand's waters, but still within its control, as allowed by international law. This helps keep the marine environment safe and makes sure people are responsible for their actions.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM334659.
1: Short Title and commencement, or
"Name and Start Date of the Maritime Transport Act 1994"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
