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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Protection of marine environment beyond New Zealand continental waters from dumping, incineration, and storing of wastes

257A: Regulation under this Part and Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 of dumping

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"Rules for dumping waste in New Zealand's oceans"

When you dump waste or other matter into the ocean, it is regulated by this Part and the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012. This Part looks at dumping waste into the waters beyond New Zealand's continental shelf. The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 prohibits dumping certain types of waste, such as radioactive waste, toxic waste, and hazardous waste, and it also prohibits burning waste at sea.

It regulates how you can dispose of human remains, except for ashes, and how you can dump other types of waste. You need to follow these rules to protect the marine environment.

The rules apply to the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, which are areas of the ocean near New Zealand.

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Part 21Protection of marine environment beyond New Zealand continental waters from dumping, incineration, and storing of wastes

257ARegulation under this Part and Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 of dumping

  1. This section describes how the dumping of waste or other matter 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.

  2. This Part regulates the dumping of waste or other matter into the waters beyond the continental shelf.

  3. In relation to the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012—

  4. prohibits—
    1. the dumping of radioactive waste or other radioactive matter:
      1. the dumping of toxic or hazardous waste:
        1. the incineration of waste or other matter at sea; and
        2. regulates—
          1. the disposal of human remains other than ashes:
            1. the dumping of waste or other matter (other than waste or other matter described in paragraph (a)).

            Notes
            • Section 257A: inserted, on , by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).