The Authority is in charge of making sure you can get information about maritime safety and marine protection in New Zealand waters. They must collect and share information about safety rules, how to protect the sea, and where navigational aids like buoys are located. The Authority might ask you to pay a fee for some of this information, which will help cover their costs.

The Authority gets to decide what a reasonable fee is, and they can charge you this amount if you want to use their information services. You can find more information about this rule by looking at the Maritime Transport Act and similar laws. This rule is similar to one that was made earlier, in 1990.