Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999

Version as at 26 November 2021

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999

(SR 1999/263)

Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government

Order in Council

At Wellington this 9th day of August 1999

Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.

Pursuant to section 222(4) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title and commencement

(1)

This order may be cited as the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999.

(2)

This order comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

2 Interpretation

In this order, the implementation provisions means Parts 18 to 27 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

3 Specified international conventions and specified amendments declared to be marine protection conventions

(1)

Every international convention, protocol, and agreement specified in the Schedule—

(a)

relates to the protection of the marine environment from pollution; and

(b)

is an instrument to which New Zealand is a party; and

(c)

is declared to be a marine protection convention for the purposes of the implementation provisions.

(2)

Every amendment specified in the Schedule that is an amendment to an instrument referred to in subclause (1) is declared to be a part of that instrument for the purposes specified in subclause (1)(c).

Clause 3: replaced, on 26 November 2021, by clause 4 of the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Amendment Order 2021 (SL 2021/379).

4 Certain international conventions declared no longer to be marine protection conventions

On and after the commencement of this order, each of the following conventions is no longer a marine protection convention for the purposes of the implementation provisions:

(a)

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969:

(b)

International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971.

5 Saving

Nothing in clause 4 affects the application of the implementation provisions to circumstances arising before the commencement of this order.

6 Revocation

The Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1998 (SR 1998/207) is revoked.

Schedule Marine protection conventions

cl 3

Schedule: inserted, on 26 November 2021, by clause 5 of the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Amendment Order 2021 (SL 2021/379).

Names of international conventions, protocols, and agreementsSpecified amendments to international conventions, protocols, and agreements
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972, as amended

1978 Amendments (Incineration) (LDC Res.5(III))

1980 Amendments (Lists of Substances) (LDC Res.12(V))

1989 Amendments (Annex III) (LDC.37(12))

1993 Amendments (Industrial Waste) (LDC.49(16))

1993 Amendments (Incineration) (LDC.50(16))

1993 Amendments (Radioactive Wastes) (LDC.51(16))

Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973

1991 Amendments (Annex—List of Substances) (MEPC.49(31))

1996 Amendments (Annex—List of Substances) (MEPC.72(38))

2002 Amendments (Annex—List of Substances) (MEPC.100(48))

2007 Amendments (Annex—List of Substances) (MEPC.165(56))

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto

  • Annex I—Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil

  • Annex II—Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk

  • Annex III—Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form

  • Annex V—Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

  • Annex VI—Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

1984 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.14(20))

1985 Amendments (Annex II) (MEPC.16(22))

1985 Amendments (Protocol I) (MEPC.21(22))

1987 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.29(25))

1989 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.32(27))

1989 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.33(27))

1989 Amendments (Annex II) (MEPC.34(27))

1989 Amendments (Annex V) (MEPC.36(28))

1990 Amendments (Annexes I and II) (MEPC.39(29)) (HSSC)

1990 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.40(29))

1990 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.41(29))

1990 Amendments (Annexes I and V) (MEPC.42(30))

1991 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.47(31))

1991 Amendments (Annex V) (MEPC.48(31))

1992 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.51(32))

1992 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.52(32))

1992 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.55(33))

1992 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.56(33))

1992 Amendments (Annex II) (MEPC.57(33))

1992 Amendments (Annex III) (MEPC.58(33))

1994 Amendments (Annexes I, II, III, V) (Conference)

1995 Amendments (Annex V) (MEPC.65(37))

1996 Amendments (Protocol I) (MEPC.68(38))

1996 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.69(38))

1996 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.70(38))

1997 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.73(39))

1997 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.75(40))

1999 Amendments (Annexes I and II) (MEPC.78(43))

1999 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.79(43))

1999 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.80(43))

2000 Amendments (Annex III) (MEPC.84(44))

2000 Amendments (Annex V) (MEPC.89(45))

2000 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.90(45))

2000 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.91(45))

2001 Amendments (Condition Assessment Scheme (CAS)) (MEPC.94(46))

2001 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.95(46))

2002 Amendments (CAS) (MEPC.99(48))

2003 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.111(50))

2003 Amendments (CAS) (MEPC.112(50))

2004 Amendments (Annex V) (MEPC.116(51))

2004 Amendments (Revised Annex I) (MEPC.117(52))

2004 Amendments (Revised Annex II) (MEPC.118(52))

2004 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.119(52))

2005 Amendments (CAS) (MEPC.131(53))

2006 Amendments (Revised Annex I) (MEPC.141(54))

2006 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.144(54))

2006 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.154(55))

2006 Amendments (CAS) (MEPC.155(55))

2006 Amendments (Revised Annex III) (MEPC.156(55))

2007 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.164(56))

2007 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.166(56))

2009 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.186(59))

2009 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.187(59))

2010 Amendments (Annex I) (MEPC.189(60))

2010 Amendments (Revised Annex III) (MEPC.193(61))

2011 Amendments (Revised Annex V) (MEPC.201(62))

2012 Amendments (Regional Arrangements for Port Reception Facilities under MARPOL Annexes I, II, and V) (MEPC.216(63))

2012 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.225(64))

2013 Amendments (To Form A and Form B of Supplements to the IOPP Certificate under MARPOL Annex I) (MEPC.235(65))

2013 Amendments (CAS) (MEPC.236(65))

2013 Amendments (Annexes I and II to make the RO Code mandatory) (MEPC.238(65))

2014 Amendments (Annexes I, II, III, and V to make the use of the III Code mandatory) (MEPC.246(66))

2014 Amendments (Annex I—Mandatory carriage requirements for a stability instrument) (MEPC.248(66))

2014 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.249(66)) Annexes I, II, and V

2014 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.250(66))

2014 Amendments (Annex I, Regulation 43) (MEPC.256(67))

2014 Amendments (Annex III, Appendix on criteria for the identification of harmful substances in packaged form) (MEPC.257(67))

2015 Amendments (Annexes I, II, and V to make use of environment-related provisions of the Polar Code mandatory) (MEPC.265(68))

2015 Amendments (Annex I—Regulation 12) (MEPC.266(68))

2016 Amendments (Annex II—Appendix I) (MEPC.270(69))

2016 Amendments (Annex I—Appendix II) (MEPC.276(70))

2016 Amendments (Annex V) (MEPC.277(70))

2018 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.302(72))

2018 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.303(72))

2019 Amendments (Annexes I, II and V—Electronic Record Books) (MEPC.314(74))

2019 Amendments (Annex II—Cargo residues and tank washings of persistent floating products) (MEPC.315(74))

2019 Amendments (NOx Technical Code 2008) (MEPC.317(74))

2019 Amendments (IBC Code) (MEPC.318(74))

2019 Amendments (BCH Code) (MEPC.319(74))

Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto

2005 Amendments to the Annex (amendments to MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code 2008) (MEPC.132(53))

2008 Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol (revised MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.176(58))

2010 Amendments (North American Emission Control Area) to the Annex (MEPC.190(60))

2010 Amendments (Revised form of Supplement to the IAPP Certificate) (MEPC.194(61))

2011 Amendments (Designation of the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area and exemption of certain ships operating in the North American Emission Control Area and the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area under Regulations 13 and 14 and Appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.202(62))

2011 Amendments (Inclusion of Regulations on energy efficiency for ships in MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.203(62))

2012 Amendments (Regional arrangements for port reception facilities under MARPOL Annex VI and Certification of marine diesel engines fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction systems under the NOx Technical Code 2008) to the Annex to MARPOL Annex VI (MEPC.217(63))

2014 Amendments (to make the use of the III Code mandatory) (MEPC.247(66))

2014 Amendments (to MARPOL Annex VI and to the NOx Technical Code 2008) (MEPC.251(66))

2014 Amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, Regulations 2 and 13 and the Supplement to the IAPP certificate) (MEPC.258(67))

2016 Amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, Regulation 13 (MEPC.271(69))

2016 Amendments to the NOx Technical Code 2008 (MEPC.272(69))

2016 Amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, Data collection system for fuel consumption) (MEPC.278(70))

2017 Amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, Designation of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea Emission Control Areas for NOx Tier III control) (Information to be included in the bunker delivery note) (MEPC.286(71))

2018 Amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, ECAs and required EEDI for ro-ro cargo ships and ro-ro passenger ships) (MEPC.301(72))

2018 Amendments (Prohibition on the carriage of non-compliant fuel oil for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a ship) (MEPC.305(73))

2019 Amendments (Electronic Record Books and EEDI Regulations for ice-strengthened ships) (MEPC.316(74))

2019 Amendments to the NOx Technical Code 2008 (Electronic Record Books and Certification requirements for SCR systems) (MEPC.317(74))

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990
Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 19692000 Amendments (limitation amounts) (LEG.1(82))
Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 19712000 Amendments (Limits of compensation) (LEG.2(82))
1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 19722006 Amendments (LP.1(1))
International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004

2018 Amendments (Regulations A-1 and D-3─Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code)) (MEPC.296(72))

2018 Amendments (Regulation B-3─Implementation schedule of ballast water management for ships) (MEPC.297(72))

2018 Amendments (Regulations E-1 and E-5─Endorsements of additional surveys on the International Ballast Water Management Certificate) (MEPC.299(72))

Definitions of terms used in this schedule

In this schedule,—

BCH Code means the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk

CAS means the Condition Assessment Scheme

HSSC means the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification

IBC Code means the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk

III Code means the IMO Instruments Implementation Code

IMO means the International Maritime Organization

IOPP Certificate means the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate

NOx Technical Code 2008 means the Technical Code on Control of Emission of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines

Polar Code means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters

RO Code means the Recognized Organizations Code.

Marie Shroff,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 12 August 1999.

Notes
1 General

This is a consolidation of the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Amendment Order 2021 (SL 2021/379)