Maritime Transport Act 1994

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

262B: Conditions of emergency dumping permit

You could also call this:

"Rules to follow when you have a permit to dump waste in an emergency"

If you get an emergency dumping permit, you must follow the conditions that come with it. The Director will make sure you follow the International Maritime Organization's procedures for dumping, which will be written on your permit. You have to do this unless the Director thinks it's not practical because of the urgent situation.

The Director can add other conditions to your permit to protect the environment and human health and safety. This might include monitoring and reporting on the effects of the dumping, keeping records of what you dumped and where, and giving the Director specific information about the permit. You have to do what the Director says to minimise the harm caused by dumping waste or other matter.

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262A: Emergency dumping permit, or

"A special permit to dump waste at sea in an emergency to keep people and the ocean safe."

263: Offences in respect of radioactive waste and other radioactive matter, or

"Breaking the rules about radioactive waste on ships and aircraft is against the law"

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

262BConditions of emergency dumping permit

An emergency dumping permit may be granted subject to conditions.
The Director must include as a condition on an emergency dumping permit a requirement that the person granted the permit complies with any procedures for dumping recommended by the International Maritime Organization and specified on the permit.
Subsection (2) applies only to the extent that the Director considers the conditions practicable after taking into account the urgency of the situation.
The Director may include any conditions that he or she considers appropriate to deal with the effects of the dumping of waste or other matter on the environment or on human health or safety, including conditions that require the person issued with the permit to—
monitor, and report to the Director on, the exercise of the permit and the effects of the dumping on the environment and human health and safety:
keep and maintain records of the waste or other matter dumped and the location of the dumping:
provide the Director with any specified information that relates to the permit or its exercise.

Notes

Section 262B: inserted, on 31 October 2015, by section 47(1) of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 85).