New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

10 Duty of owner, charterer, master, or pilot in command

• (1) An owner of a New Zealand ship and a master of a New Zealand ship must each ensure that the ship is not used in contravention of regulation 9.

  (2) An owner of a New Zealand aircraft and a pilot in command of a New Zealand aircraft must each ensure that the aircraft is not used in contravention of regulation 9.

  (3) A charterer of a ship or aircraft to which regulation 9(1)(c) applies must ensure that the ship or the aircraft is not used in contravention of regulation 9.

  (4) A New Zealand citizen who is the master of a ship to which paragraph (c) of regulation 9(1) applies or the pilot in command of an aircraft to which that paragraph applies must ensure that the ship or the aircraft is not used in contravention of regulation 9.

  (5) In this regulation, the terms owner and charterer, in relation to a ship, include any person acting as the agent of the owner or the agent of the charterer.