Pursuant to section 47(3) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Director of Maritime New Zealand hereby notifies the granting of the following exemptions:

• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.3 – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and maritime transport operator safety system – Requirement to hold Maritime Transport Operator Certificate
• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.41 – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and maritime transport operator safety system – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and all its requirements
• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.42(1) – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and maritime transport operator safety system – Maritime transport operator must develop and document a maritime transport operator safety system in the Maritime Transport Operator Plan
• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.43(1) – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and maritime transport operator safety system – Survey plan – Maritime transport operator must ensure that a survey plan is developed and applied
• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.45(1) – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and maritime transport operator safety system – Maintenance plan – A maritime transport operator must develop and apply a maintenance plan
• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.46(1) – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Maritime Transport Operator Plan and maritime transport operator safety system – Safety equipment list and spare parts list – A maritime transport operator must ensure that a relevant safety equipment list and a spare parts list, in a form acceptable to the Director, are developed for each ship in the maritime transport operation
• 16 from Maritime Rule 19.62(1) – Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities – Operating Requirements – Maritime transport operator responsible for safe ships – No person may operate or permit the operation of a ship in the maritime transport operation unless the ship has a valid Certificate of Survey issued under Rule 44.41
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.64(1) – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Fishing ships that proceed beyond the inshore fishing area other than fishing ships less than 24 metres within coastal and offshore limits – Other minimum crewing requirements for fishing vessels – Minimum required certificates and minimum number of crew
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.64(2)(a), Table 7 – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Fishing ships that proceed beyond the inshore fishing area other than fishing ships less than 24 metres within coastal and offshore limits – Other minimum crewing requirements for fishing vessels – Applicable tables and flow charts in Table 7 – Crewing for fishing vessels – Unlimited area
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.80 – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Ships other than ships to which subparts C and D apply – Application – New Zealand ships that are commercial ships, New Zealand fishing vessels operating within the enclosed limits or inshore fishing limits, and New Zealand fishing vessel less than 24 metres in length beyond restricted limits but within coastal or offshore limits
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.82(1) – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Ships other than ships to which subparts C and D apply – Requirement to operate under Minimum Safe Crewing Document for some ships – Owner and master of a passenger or non-passenger ship must not operate that ship unless there is at least the minimum number of crew including seafarers certificate or prescribed endorsements on board
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.82(2)(b) and (c) – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Ships other than ships to which subparts C and D apply – Requirement to operate under Minimum Safe Crewing Document for some ships – Passenger ship authorised to carry 50 or more passengers within inshore limits and passenger ship carrying 100 or more passengers within enclosed water limits
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.84(2)(b)(i) – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Ships other than ships to which subparts C and D apply – Minimum crewing requirements for other ships – Owner and master of ship must not operate ship unless seafarers on board hold minimum requirement certificates and prescribed endorsements
• 1 from Maritime Rule 31.84(4)(b), Table 11 – Crewing and Watchkeeping – Ships other than ships to which subparts C and D apply – Minimum crewing requirements for other ships – Applicable tables and flow-charts for passenger ships operating within enclosed water limits
• 1 from Maritime Rule 40C.3 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Non-passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships – Application – New Zealand commercial ship that is a non-passenger ship, and a foreign commercial ship that is a non-passenger ship and operates only on the New Zealand coast, and every barge that carries any person on board during a voyage within New Zealand waters
• 2 from Maritime Rule 40D.11(1) – Design, Construction and Equipment – Fishing Ships – Design survey, construction and structural strength – Watertight bulkheads – Every ship of 12 metres or more in length must be fitted with a vertically continuous watertight collision bulkhead that extends to the uppermost continuous deck
• 2 from Marine Protection Rule 122.4(1) and (2) – Marine Protection Products – Oil – Oil discharge monitoring and control system and oil filtering equipment – Applies to ships of 400 gross tonnage or more, owner must ensure that every ship is fitted with oil filtering equipment designed to ensure any oily mixture, which is discharged into the sea after passing through the system, has an oil content not exceeding 15 parts per million