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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Making of marine protection rules and regulations and taking of other measures to protect marine environment - Marine protection rules

386: Marine protection rules to implement international standards

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"Rules to protect New Zealand's oceans and marine environment, following international standards"

The Minister can make rules to protect the marine environment. You need to know these rules are made for several reasons, including to follow international agreements that New Zealand is part of. The Minister can also make rules to help New Zealand join international agreements about protecting the marine environment, or to follow standards recommended by the International Maritime Organisation.

The Minister has the power to make these rules, and this does not limit any other powers they have to make rules about marine protection. When the Minister makes these rules, they are a type of secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019, you can find this information at the Legislation Act 2019 website.

These rules are important because they help keep our oceans and marine environment safe and healthy, and the Minister can make changes to them as needed to follow international standards and agreements.

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Part 27Making of marine protection rules and regulations and taking of other measures to protect marine environment
Marine protection rules

386Marine protection rules to implement international standards

  1. The Minister may from time to time make marine protection rules for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. to implement New Zealand’s obligations under any marine protection convention:
    1. to make such rules as may be necessary to enable New Zealand to become a party to any international convention, protocol, or agreement relating to the protection of the marine environment:
      1. to implement such international practices or standards relating to the protection of the marine environment as may from time to time be recommended by the International Maritime Organisation.

        1. Nothing in subsection (1) limits any other provision of this Act that empowers the making of marine protection rules.

        2. Marine protection rules under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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        • Section 386(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).