Pursuant to section 431(2) of the Maritime Transport
Act 1994, and sections 112 and 115 of the Crown
Entities Act 2004, the Minister of Transport gives the following Direction.
D i r e c t i o n
1. Title-This Direction is the Maritime New Zealand (Functions and Duties) Direction 2013.
2. Commencement-This Direction comes into force
on 1 January 2014.
3. Application-This Direction applies to Maritime
New Zealand (which is a Crown Entity pursuant to section 429 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994).
4. Interpretation-For the purposes of this Direction, the Pacific Islands Region includes the member states of
the Pacific Islands Forum and Tokelau.
5. Background-In 2010, Maritime New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade identified maritime safety in the Pacific Islands Region as a key area in need of development. Maritime New Zealand established the role
of a Pacific Shipping Safety Adviser to provide advice
and support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This project is funded under the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade's Official Development Assistance Fund. This advice and support by Maritime New Zealand is to continue from 1 January 2014 to 31 July 2015.
6. Additional functions and duties-Maritime
New Zealand is directed to carry out the following additional functions and duties:
(a) To provide advice and support to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade on maritime issues
in the Pacific Islands Region; and
(b) to undertake any duties that may be agreed between Maritime New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the purpose of performing
the function specified in paragraph (a), including providing technical advice, training and specialist maritime assistance to maritime agencies in the Pacific Islands Region.
7. Expiry-This Direction expires with the close of 31 July 2015, but may be revoked at any time.
Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of December 2013.
HON GERRY BROWNLEE, Minister of Transport.