You have a regional marine oil spill contingency plan. It must follow the New Zealand marine oil spill response strategy, the national marine oil spill contingency plan, and the marine protection rules. If your plan does not agree with these, they override your plan.

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Part 23Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills
Regional marine oil spill contingency plans

294Regional marine oil spill contingency plan overridden in certain cases

Where any regional marine oil spill contingency plan is inconsistent with the New Zealand marine oil spill response strategy, the national marine oil spill contingency plan, or the marine protection rules, that response strategy, national plan, or those marine protection rules shall override that regional marine oil spill contingency plan to the extent of the inconsistency.