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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

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

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You have to pay a maritime levy for a ship. If you do not pay the levy when asked, the Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service can take action. They can go on board the ship and take control of the cargo and other property until the levy is paid. You are responsible for paying the levy. If you do not pay, the Director or the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service can take the cargo and other property. They will keep it until the levy is paid. The chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service is not considered an agent in this case. This means they have the power to take action if the levy is not paid. You must pay the levy to avoid this action.

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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).