Maritime Transport Act 1994

Protection of marine environment from harmful substances - Obligations to protect marine environment from harmful substances

231: Obligations of Director, Environmental Protection Authority, and regional councils to share information concerning notices

You could also call this:

"Government agencies must share information about important notices to protect the marine environment."

When a notice is given to a regional council, the Environmental Protection Authority, or the Director under sections like 227, 228, 229, 230, or 299, you need to know what happens next. The regional council and the Environmental Protection Authority must tell the Director about the notice without delay. The Director must then tell the regional council or the Environmental Protection Authority about the notice, depending on where the issue is happening.

If the issue is in a regional council's area, the Director tells the regional council. If the issue is in New Zealand continental waters, the Director tells the Environmental Protection Authority. This way, everyone knows what is going on and can work together to protect the marine environment.

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230: Notice of transfer of oil or noxious liquid substances to or from ships, or

"Telling authorities when moving oil or harmful liquids to or from ships in New Zealand waters"

232: Director may require provision of financial security, or

"The Director can ask ship owners to get insurance to pay for damage if they break the law and harm the sea."

Part 19Protection of marine environment from harmful substances
Obligations to protect marine environment from harmful substances

231Obligations of Director, Environmental Protection Authority, and regional councils to share information concerning notices

This section applies if a notice is given under any of sections 227, 228, 229, 230, and 299 to a regional council, the Environmental Protection Authority, or the Director.
The regional council must, without delay, inform the Director of the matters about which it has been notified.
The Environmental Protection Authority must, without delay, inform the Director of the matters about which it has been notified.
The Director must, without delay, inform—
a regional council of the matters about which the Director has been notified if the matters have occurred or may occur in the region of the council; or
the Environmental Protection Authority of the matters about which the Director has been notified if the matters have occurred or may occur in New Zealand continental waters.

Notes

Section 231: replaced, on 31 October 2015, by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).