Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Declaration Under the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996

Whereas, pursuant to section 441 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Minister of Transport did delegate those powers under section 12(6) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996 to Maritime New Zealand by an instrument of delegation dated 19 March 1997.
And whereas, pursuant to section 442 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, and section 73 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, Maritime New Zealand did delegate those powers under section 12(6) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996 to the Director of Maritime New Zealand by an instrument of delegation dated 17 January 2008.
Therefore I, Trevor Coad, Acting Director of Maritime
New Zealand, hereby make the following declaration:
D e c l a r a t i o n
The Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 1992 shall not apply in respect of the following ships:
Brandywine
Seawind
in respect of the protected area designated “Area 7 – Cook Strait” when those vessels are anchored or moored in Oteranga Bay at locations approved by Transpower
New Zealand Limited and are being operated in connection with the Meridian Energy Limited wind farm construction project “West Wind”.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of November 2008.
TREVOR COAD, Acting Director of Maritime New Zealand.