Maritime Transport Act 1994

Maritime New Zealand - General provisions

444A: Power to require reception facilities

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"Ports must have a place to safely dispose of harmful ship waste"

The Director can ask you to provide a reception facility at your port in New Zealand. This facility is for receiving harmful substances, sediment, and Annex VI substances from ships. You can find out what these substances are by looking at section 222(1), section 225, and section 246A(1).

If the Director asks you to provide a reception facility, you must follow the marine protection rules. The marine protection rules are explained in section 222(1). You also need to know what New Zealand continental waters are, which is explained in section 222(1).

The Director's rules apply to you if you operate a port in New Zealand or in New Zealand continental waters. You need to provide a reception facility to receive substances from ships, and you must comply with the requirements. A reception facility is explained in section 222(1A).

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Part 29Maritime New Zealand
General provisions

444APower to require reception facilities

  1. 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:

  2. harmful substances:
    1. sediment:
      1. Annex VI substances.
        1. A person required by the Director to provide a reception facility under subsection (1) must comply with the requirements of the marine protection rules.

        2. 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).