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Maritime Transport Act 1994

General provisions relating to shipping - Maritime levies

195: Recovery in certain cases where maritime levies not paid

You could also call this:

"What happens if you don't pay a maritime levy for your ship"

If you have a ship and you need to pay a maritime levy, you must pay it to the Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service. If you do not pay the levy when asked, the Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service can take action against you. They can go on board your ship and take control of the cargo and other property until the levy is paid.

The Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service can do this if you are the person who should pay the levy and you have not paid it. They can also do this if no one else has paid the levy for you. You should know that the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service is not considered an agent in this situation.

For more information, you can look at the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 and the Customs and Excise Act 1996. These laws explain how maritime levies work and what happens if you do not pay them. You can find more details about these laws on the New Zealand legislation website.

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Part 14General provisions relating to shipping
Maritime levies

195Recovery in certain cases where maritime levies not paid

  1. This section shall apply only where a maritime levy is payable to the Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service, and not where the levy is payable to any other person or any agent of the Director.

  2. If the person liable to pay any maritime levy in respect of any ship fails to do so on demand, and the levy is not paid by any other person, the Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service may, in addition to any other remedy, go on board the ship and distrain the cargo and any other property belonging to or on board the ship, and may maintain that distraint until that levy is paid.

  3. For the purposes of subsection (1), the term agent does not include the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service.

Compare
  • 1952 No 49 s 378A
  • 1990 No 121 s 2
Notes
  • Section 195 heading: amended, on , by section 36(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
  • Section 195(1): amended, on , by section 36(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
  • Section 195(1): amended, on , by section 36(5) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
  • Section 195(1): amended, on , by section 289(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 (1996 No 27).
  • Section 195(2): amended, on , by section 36(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
  • Section 195(2): amended, on , by section 36(5) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
  • Section 195(2): amended, on , by section 8 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 108).
  • Section 195(3): amended, on , by section 289(1) of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 (1996 No 27).