33BInterpretation

1. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

   commercial port—

   1. means—
      1. a port operated by a port company; or
      2. any other port that services commercial ships (whether or not it also services ships that are not commercial ships); and
   2. includes the buildings, installations, other structures, or equipment on or adjacent to a port and used in connection with the port's operation or administration

   maritime-related activities means any activity (including the use of land, buildings, equipment, or other property) that affects or is likely to affect maritime safety

   oil has the same meaning as in section 222(1)

   owner, in relation to a wreck, includes a purchaser of the wreck, or the materials of which the wreck was composed, if the wreck remains derelict, in distress, sunk, separated, stranded, or abandoned

   personal water craft means a power-driven ship that—

   1. has a fully enclosed hull; and
   2. does not take on water if capsized; and
   3. is designed to be operated by a person standing, sitting astride, or kneeling on it, but not seated within it

   port company means a port company within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Port Companies Act 1988

   port operator—

   1. means any person who operates a commercial port; and
   2. includes a port company

   public authority means—

   1. a Minister of the Crown:
   2. a government department:
   3. a statutory body:
   4. a local authority:
   5. an iwi authority

   region has the meaning given to it in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002

   regional council means—

   1. a regional council within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002; and
   2. a unitary authority within the meaning of section 5(1) of that Act; and
   3. the Chatham Islands Council

   territorial authority has the meaning given to it in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002

   wreck includes—

   1. a ship or an aircraft that is abandoned, stranded, or in distress, or any equipment, cargo, or other articles belonging to or separated from such a ship or aircraft:
   2. shipping containers and property lost overboard or similarly separated from a ship other than cargo lost in the course of unloading or discharge from the ship while the ship is in a port:
   3. a derelict ship.