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Maritime Transport Act 1994

General provisions relating to shipping - Maritime levies

197A: Regulations may impose ballast water management levy

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"The government can charge ships a fee for releasing ballast water into New Zealand waters."

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The Governor-General can make rules to charge a levy on ships that discharge ballast water from outside New Zealand waters into New Zealand waters. You need to know that this levy is for ships as defined in section 246A(3)(a). The levy helps pay for services that control and manage ballast water. The purpose of the levy is to fund administration, inspection, and enforcement services. The levy is used to wholly or partly fund these services relating to the control and management of ballast water. Regulations about the levy are secondary legislation, which means they have to be published in a certain way, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 14General provisions relating to shipping
Maritime levies

197ARegulations may impose ballast water management levy

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations imposing a ballast water management levy on ships, as defined in section 246A(3)(a), that discharge ballast water from outside New Zealand waters into New Zealand waters or the exclusive economic zone.

  2. The purpose of the levy is to wholly or partly fund administration, inspection, and enforcement services relating to the control and management of ballast water.

  3. Sections 191(3) to 197 apply with all necessary modifications to regulations made under this section.

  4. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 197A: inserted, on , by section 86(3) of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).
  • Section 197A(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).