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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 at Sea"

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You need to know how waste dumping is controlled. The Maritime Transport Act 1994 and the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 regulate this. They control dumping waste in waters beyond New Zealand's continental shelf. You are regulated by this Part when dumping waste in these waters. The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 prohibits dumping radioactive waste and toxic waste. It also prohibits burning waste at sea. The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 regulates how human remains are disposed of. It regulates dumping other types of waste in these waters.

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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).