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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Local regulation of maritime activity - Port operations

33S: Responsibilities of port operators for maritime safety

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"Port operators must keep people and ships safe at all times."

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You are a port operator. You must keep people and ships safe. You cannot operate a port in a way that puts ships or people at risk. This includes people on ships or at sea, and their property.

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Part 3ALocal regulation of maritime activity
Port operations

33SResponsibilities of port operators for maritime safety

  1. Port operators must not operate, maintain, or service a port, or cause or permit a port to be operated, maintained, or serviced, in a manner that causes unnecessary danger or risk to—

  2. any ship; or
    1. any person or property that is on a ship or at sea.

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