Part 19Protection of marine environment from harmful substances
224ARegulation under this Part and Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 of discharges
This section describes how the discharge of harmful substances is regulated under this Part and the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012, but it does not affect the interpretation or the application of this Part or that enactment.
This Part regulates—
- the discharge of harmful substances (other than a mining discharge) from a ship into the sea or seabed of the exclusive economic zone:
- the discharge of harmful substances (other than a mining discharge) into the sea above the continental shelf beyond the exclusive economic zone and the seabed below that sea from a New Zealand ship or from a foreign ship involved in a mining activity:
- the discharge of harmful substances from a New Zealand ship into the sea beyond the continental shelf or the seabed below that sea.
In relation to the discharge of harmful substances, the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 regulates—
- discharges into the exclusive economic zone and into or onto the seabed below it from—
- structures:
- submarine pipelines:
- ships, if the discharge is a mining discharge:
- structures:
- discharges into or onto the continental shelf beyond the exclusive economic zone or into the sea above that part of the continental shelf from—
- New Zealand structures:
- structures (other than New Zealand structures) involved in a mining activity:
- submarine pipelines:
- ships, if the discharge is a mining discharge.
- New Zealand structures:
Notes
- Section 224A: inserted, on , by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).