(1)
No person may, in the coastal marine area,—
dump any waste or other matter from any ship, aircraft, or offshore installation; or
incinerate any waste or other matter in any marine incineration facility—
unless the dumping or incineration is expressly allowed by a resource consent.
(2)
No person may dump, in the coastal marine area, any ship, aircraft, or offshore installation unless expressly allowed to do so by a resource consent.
(3)
Nothing in this section permits the dumping of radioactive waste or radioactive matter (to which section 15C applies) or any discharge of a harmful substance that would contravene section 15B.
Section 15A: inserted, on 20 August 1998, by section 6 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 105).