Part 29Maritime New Zealand
General provisions
444APower to require reception facilities
The Director may, by notice in writing, require any person who operates a port in New Zealand or in New Zealand continental waters to provide at that port a reception facility to receive from ships all or any of the following:
- harmful substances:
- sediment:
- Annex VI substances.
A person required by the Director to provide a reception facility under subsection (1) must comply with the requirements of the marine protection rules.
In this section,—
Annex VI substance has the meaning given to it by section 222(1)
harmful substance has the meaning given to it by section 225
marine protection rules has the meaning given to it by section 222(1)
New Zealand continental waters has the meaning given to it by section 222(1)
reception facility has the meaning given to it by section 222(1A)
sediment means matter that has settled out of ballast water (as defined in section 246A(1)) within a ship (as defined in section 246A(3)(a)).
Notes
- Section 444A: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Maritime Transport (MARPOL Annex VI) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 45).