Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999

Reprint as at 8 September 2017

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

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

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 Certain international conventions declared to be marine protection conventions

Each of the following conventions is a marine protection convention for the purposes of the implementation provisions:

(a)

International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969:

(b)

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973:

(c)

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992:

(d)

International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992:

(da)

International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004:

(e)

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:

(f)

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

(g)

International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001.

Clause 3(da): inserted, on 8 September 2017, by section 87 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).

Clause 3(f): inserted, on 18 September 2014, by clause 4 of the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Amendment Order 2014 (LI 2014/277).

Clause 3(g): inserted, on 18 September 2014, by clause 4 of the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Amendment Order 2014 (LI 2014/277).

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.

Marie Shroff,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 12 August 1999.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Amendment Order 2014 (LI 2014/277)

Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73): section 87