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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Local regulation of maritime activity - Wrecks

33K: Removal of wrecks by Director

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"The Director can remove a shipwreck that is a hazard to navigation."

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You are in charge of a wreck in a regional council area that is a hazard to navigation. The Director can tell the regional council to remove the wreck or make the owner remove it. The Director can remove the wreck themselves if the council does not do it within 14 days, using powers from section 33J.

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Part 3ALocal regulation of maritime activity
Wrecks

33KRemoval of wrecks by Director

  1. This section applies to any wreck in a regional council's region that is a hazard to navigation.

  2. The Director may require the regional council to—

  3. remove or deal with the wreck; or
    1. cause the owner (of the wreck), or an agent of the owner, to remove the wreck.

      1. If the regional council fails to remove or cause the owner, or an agent of the owner, to remove the wreck within 14 days of the Director requiring it to do so under subsection (2), the Director may take steps to remove the wreck, and for that purpose has all the powers of a regional council under section 33J.

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      • Section 33K: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).