To help keep you safe on the water, regional councils can make rules about the ports, harbours, and waters in their areas. They can also make rules about activities related to the sea in their regions. This is so they can help ensure maritime safety where you live.

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33B: Interpretation, or

"What special words mean in the Maritime Transport Act"

33D: Regional councils to appoint harbourmasters, or

"Regional councils choose a harbourmaster to keep people safe on the water."

Part 3ALocal regulation of maritime activity

33CFunctions of regional councils

For the purpose of ensuring maritime safety in their regions, regional councils may regulate—
the ports, harbours, and waters in their regions; and
maritime-related activities in their regions.

Notes

Section 33C: inserted, on 23 October 2013, by section 7 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).