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.

2A Transitional, savings, and related provisions

The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.

Clause 2A: inserted, on 19 May 2026, by section 227 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

3 Specified international conventions declared to be marine protection conventions

(1)

Every international convention, protocol, and agreement specified in Schedule 2—

(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)

[Revoked]

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

Clause 3 heading: amended, on 19 May 2026, by section 228(1) of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

Clause 3(1): amended, on 19 May 2026, by section 228(2) of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

Clause 3(2): revoked, on 19 May 2026, by section 228(3) of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

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 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions

cl 2A

Schedule 1: replaced, on 19 May 2026, by section 229 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

Part 1 Provision relating to Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026

Schedule 1 Part 1: inserted, on 19 May 2026, by section 229 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

1 Existing marine protection conventions include amendments to those conventions

(1)

A convention, protocol, or agreement specified in Schedule 2 as inserted by the amendment Act includes any amendment to, or revision of, that convention, protocol, or agreement—

(a)

if New Zealand is a party to the amendment or revision; and

(b)

whether New Zealand became a party to the amendment or revision before, on, or after the date that the amendment Act came into force.

(2)

In this clause, amendment Act means the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026.

Schedule 1 clause 1: inserted, on 19 May 2026, by section 229 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

Schedule 2 Marine protection conventions

cl 3

Schedule 2: inserted, on 19 May 2026, by section 229 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21)

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

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

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—Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form
Annex V—Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships
Annex VI—Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

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

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, 1969

Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971

1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972

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

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

Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2026 (2026 No 21): sections 227–229

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

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