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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Protection of marine environment from harmful substances - Obligations to protect marine environment from harmful substances

226A: Harmful substances not to be discharged into sea or seabed beyond New Zealand continental waters from New Zealand ships

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"No dumping bad stuff from NZ ships in the ocean beyond our waters."

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You must not discharge harmful substances from a New Zealand ship into the sea or seabed beyond New Zealand continental waters. You cannot discharge harmful substances into the sea beyond New Zealand continental waters or onto the seabed below that sea. However, you can discharge a harmful substance if you do it in accordance with the marine protection rules.

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Part 19Protection of marine environment from harmful substances
Obligations to protect marine environment from harmful substances

226AHarmful substances not to be discharged into sea or seabed beyond New Zealand continental waters from New Zealand ships

  1. Harmful substances must not be discharged from a New Zealand ship—

  2. into the sea beyond New Zealand continental waters; or
    1. onto or into the seabed below that sea.

      1. However, a harmful substance may be discharged if the substance is discharged in accordance with the marine protection rules.

      Notes
      • Section 226A: inserted, on , by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).