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

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"People in charge must share information about important notices"

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You need to know what happens when a notice is given under certain sections of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, like sections 227, 228, 229, 230, and 299. If a regional council gets a notice, it must tell the Director right away about what it has been told. The Environmental Protection Authority must also tell the Director without delay about what it has been notified of. You are involved in this process if you are the Director, because you must inform a regional council or the Environmental Protection Authority about the matters you have been told, depending on where they happened. The Director tells a regional council about matters that have occurred or may occur in the council's region. The Director tells the Environmental Protection Authority about matters that have occurred or may occur in New Zealand continental waters.

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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).