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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Local regulation of maritime activity - Councils may carry out harbour works

33I: Councils may carry out harbour works

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"Councils can do work to keep harbours safe and easy to use"

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You can help keep harbours safe. A regional council can put up signs to help boats navigate and remove things that block the way. They can also do work to make it easier for boats to get around. You know that councils own the things they build in harbours. A council can build things like docks and piers, and do work to stop water from coming into an area. But they need the owner's permission to build on private land. This rule is also subject to the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011. These laws help decide what councils can and can't do in harbours. They make sure everyone follows the same rules to keep harbours safe and nice.

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Part 3ALocal regulation of maritime activity
Councils may carry out harbour works

33ICouncils may carry out harbour works

  1. For the purpose of ensuring maritime safety,—

  2. a regional council may—
    1. erect, place, and maintain navigational aids in accordance with maritime rules (if any):
      1. remove obstructions and impediments to navigation:
        1. execute and maintain works that it considers likely to improve navigation:
        2. a territorial authority may—
          1. erect and maintain quays, docks, piers, wharves, jetties, and launching ramps:
            1. carry out other works for improving, protecting, managing, or utilising the waters within its district:
              1. carry out works to prevent the encroachment of waters within its district.

              2. Works constructed by a regional council or territorial authority under this section are the property of the council or authority.

              3. A regional council or territorial authority may not construct works, or levy tolls, on private land without the owner's consent.

              4. This section is subject to—

              5. the Resource Management Act 1991; and
                1. anything to the contrary in the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.

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                  Notes
                  • Section 33I: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
                  • Section 33I(4)(a): amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).