New Zealand Legislation: Acts

4 Application

• (1) This Act applies to—

  • (a) the following types of ships:

    • (i) passenger ships, including high-speed passenger craft, engaged on international voyages; and

    • (ii) cargo ships, including high-speed craft, of 500 gross tonnage or more engaged on international voyages; and

    • (iii) mobile offshore drilling units that are within New Zealand continental waters; and

  • (b) port facilities within the territorial limits or continental waters of New Zealand that serve a ship of a type specified in paragraph (a); and

  • (c) ships and port facilities identified under section 78.

  (2) This Act does not apply to—

  • (a) warships; or

  • (b) naval auxiliaries; or

  • (c) other ships that are—

    • (i) owned or operated by the Crown; and

    • (ii) used on non-commercial government service; or

  • (d) pleasure craft (as defined in section 2(1) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994).

  Compare: Annex to the Convention, Chapter XI-2 r 2; Code, Part A s 3