New Zealand Legislation: Acts

14 Alternative security agreements

• (1) If New Zealand has entered into an alternative security agreement in accordance with the Convention, the chief executive must supervise the alternative security arrangement for a ship or a port facility covered by that agreement.

  (2) A master of a ship covered by an alternative security agreement may not conduct any ship-to-ship activity with a ship not covered by that agreement unless that ship-to-ship activity is part of a search and rescue operation.

  (3) The chief executive must review each alternative security agreement—

  • (a) periodically—

    • (i) at an interval specified by the Minister; or

    • (ii) in the absence of a specification by the Minister, at an interval specified by the alternative security agreement under review; or

  • (b) in the absence of a specification by the Minister or by the alternative security agreement under review, every 5 years.

  (4) The review must take into account—

  • (a) the experience gained from the agreement; and

  • (b) any changes in the particular circumstances of the ships, port facilities, or routes covered by the agreement; and

  • (c) any changes in the assessed threats to the security of the ships, port facilities, or routes covered by the agreement.

  Compare: Annex to the Convention, Chapter XI-2 r 11