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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Regime for offshore renewable energy permits and infrastructure protection - Protection of infrastructure

63: Minister may declare safety zones

You could also call this:

"The Minister can create a safety area around offshore energy equipment to keep people safe"

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The Minister can create a safety zone around certain things like offshore renewable energy generation infrastructure or a substation. You need to know what this safety zone is for and where it is. The Minister will tell you about the safety zone by putting out a notice that says what the zone is for, where it is, and how big it is. The notice will also say how long the safety zone will last and what rules you have to follow when you are in the zone. These rules can include things like not being allowed to take your ship into the zone at certain times. The Minister has to follow certain rules when creating the safety zone, like publishing the notice in a special book called the New Zealand Notices to Mariners, and the notice is a type of law that the Minister can make, which is explained in the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 2Regime for offshore renewable energy permits and infrastructure protection
Protection of infrastructure

63Minister may declare safety zones

  1. The Minister may, by notice, declare a safety zone in relation to either or both of the following:

  2. ORE generation infrastructure:
    1. an ORE substation.

      1. A notice must set out—

      2. the ORE infrastructure to which the safety zone relates; and
        1. the location of the ORE infrastructure; and
          1. the area of the safety zone (which may be up to 500 metres from any point on the outer edge of the ORE generation infrastructure or ORE substation); and
            1. the period for which the notice has effect; and
              1. 1 or more specified restrictions that apply in the safety zone and the following details in relation to each of those restrictions; and
                1. the type of restriction:
                  1. the area of the safety zone (whether the whole or a specified part) in which the restriction applies (the restricted area):
                    1. the time period (whether the whole or a specified part of the duration of the safety zone) during which the restriction applies (the restricted time period).

                    2. The type of restriction set out under subsection (2)(e)(i) may include, without limitation,—

                    3. a prohibition on ships (whether all ships or classes of ships, with or without specified exemptions) from entering the restricted area during the restricted time period, or otherwise limiting ships’ access:
                      1. a prohibition or limit on activities (whether all activities or specified activities, with or without specified exemptions) in the restricted area during the restricted time period.

                        1. In addition to complying with the Legislation Act 2019, the Minister must publish the notice in a fortnightly edition of New Zealand Notices to Mariners (under Part 25 of the Maritime Rules).

                        2. A notice under subsection (1) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).