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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Powers and duties of Director of Maritime New Zealand in relation to maritime activity - Inspection, investigation, detention, and rectification

54: Inspections and audits

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"Checks to keep people safe at sea"

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The Director can ask you to have inspections and audits done if you have a maritime document or work with ships. The Director does this to keep people safe at sea. You might be asked to give the Director information or show them that you know what to do in certain situations. The Director can also do inspections and audits themselves to check that everything is safe. They can ask you for information and to show them that you and your crew know what to do on the ship. They can also ask you to show that you can do your job properly and keep the ship safe. The Director is checking to see if you are following the rules in Parts 1 to 15 of the law. They want to make sure that you are keeping people safe at sea. The Director has the power to do this to protect maritime safety and the health and safety of seafarers.

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Part 5Powers and duties of Director of Maritime New Zealand in relation to maritime activity
Inspection, investigation, detention, and rectification

54Inspections and audits

  1. The Director may in writing require any person who—

  2. holds a maritime document; or
    1. operates, maintains, or services, or does any other act in respect of any ship or maritime product,—
        1. to undergo or carry out such inspections and such audits as the Director considers necessary in the interests of maritime safety or the health or safety of seafarers or for the purposes of any provision of any of Parts 1 to 15.

      1. The Director may, in respect of any person described in subsection (1), carry out such inspections and audits as the Director considers necessary in the interests of maritime safety or the health or safety of seafarers.

      2. For the purposes of any inspection or audit carried out in respect of any person under subsection (2), the Director may, in writing,—

      3. require from that person such information as the Director considers relevant to the inspection or audit:
        1. require that person to demonstrate to the Director the familiarity of the master or crew with essential shipboard procedures for the safe operation of the ship:
          1. require that person to demonstrate to the Director that any operational, maintenance, or servicing procedure in respect of a ship or a maritime product is capable of being carried out in a competent manner.

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