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Maritime Transport Act 1994

General provisions relating to shipping - Maritime levies

197A: Regulations may impose ballast water management levy

You could also call this:

"Ships coming to New Zealand may have to pay a fee for releasing ballast water."

The Governor-General can make rules to charge a fee to ships that release ballast water from outside New Zealand into New Zealand waters. You can find out what a ship is by looking at section 246A(3)(a). This fee is to help pay for people to check and make sure ships are managing their ballast water correctly.

The fee will help pay for administration, inspection, and enforcement services to control and manage ballast water. Some other laws, like sections 191(3) to 197, also apply to these rules.

These rules are a type of law called secondary legislation, which you can learn more about 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).