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:
19 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
19 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
19 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
19 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
19 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
19 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
19 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 20.21(a) – Operating Limits – Requirement to operate within lesser of operating limits assigned to ship or operating limits that apply to master – Operating limits that are assigned to that ship under Rule 20.20(1) and that are recorded in accordance with Rule 20.20(2)
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 31.82(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 are at least the minimum number of crew including seafarers certificate or prescribed endorsements on board
1 from Maritime Rule 31.82(2)(b) – 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
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 40A, Appendix 3.3 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships – Fire fighting appliances – Restricted limit ships – Requirements in Appendix 3.3 that apply to a ship that proceeds in restricted limits
1 from Maritime Rule 40A, Appendix 4.3 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships – Life saving appliances – Restricted limit ships – Requirements in Appendix 4.3 that apply to a ship that proceeds in restricted limits
1 from Maritime Rule 40A, Section 1 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships – General passenger ships
1 from Maritime Rule 40A.21(1), Table 40A.3 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships – Passenger accommodation – Toilet Facilities – Toilet facilities must be provided for unberthed passengers on ships not proceeding beyond coastal limits, the toilet facilities required by Table 40A.3
2 from Maritime Rule 40A.33 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships – General passenger ships – Machinery – Petrol inboard and outboard engines
2 from Maritime Rule 40A.55(1), Appendix 3.3 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships which are not SOLAS Ships – Fire fighting appliances – Owner and master of a ship must ensure fire appliances are provided in accordance with requirements of Appendix 3 – Restricted limit ships
1 from Maritime Rule 40B.20 – Design, Construction and Equipment – SOLAS Ships – Life saving appliances and arrangements – Ship requirements – Owner of a ship must ensure that the ship is provided with life saving appliances and arrangements specified by the applicable requirements of Chapter III of SOLAS
2 from Maritime Rule 40C, Appendix 3.1 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Non-passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships – Life saving appliances – Ships of less than 500 gross tonnage that undertake an international voyage
1 from Maritime Rule 40C.52(1), Appendix 3.3 - Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships – Life saving appliances – Restricted coastal and restricted limit ships – Owner and master must ensure life saving appliances are provided – Survival craft (comprising lifeboats, rescue boats and liferafts)
2 from Maritime Rule 40C.7(1) – Design, Construction and Equipment – Non-passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships – Design and survey construction – Design – Design approval requirements on ships pre-27 May 2004 and post-27 May 2004
1 from Maritime Rule 40D.37(1), Appendix 1.1 – Design, Construction and Equipment – Fishing Ships – Life saving appliances – Owner and the master of any ship must ensure that life saving appliances are provided in accordance with the requirements of Appendix 1 – Unlimited ships – Requirements in Appendix 1.1 applying to ships that proceed in the unlimited area
1 from Maritime Rule 42A.15(1) – Safety Equipment – Life Saving Appliances – Performance, Maintenance and Servicing – Survival craft and rescue boats – Non-SOLAS rescue boats – Requirements for Non-SOLAS rescue boats to meet requirements of section 5.1 of the International Life Saving Appliance Code in respect of construction, propulsion, and equipment
2 from Maritime Rule 44.3 – Surveyor Responsibilities and Survey, Certification, and Maintenance for Ships in Maritime Transport Operations – General – Requirement to hold Certificate of Surveyor Recognition
1 from Maritime Rule 44.61(1)(a) – Surveyor Responsibilities and Survey, Certification, and Maintenance for Ships in Maritime Transport Operations – Certificate for International Voyage – Director issues certificate for ship of less than 500 tons gross tonnage and less than 45 metres in length carrying 12 or less passengers undertaking international voyage
1 from Maritime Rule 45.22(1)(c) – Navigational Equipment – All ships to which SOLAS is not applied – Magnetic compasses – Small passenger ships, non-passenger ships, and fishing ships, to which Rule 45.21 does not apply – Fishing ship six metres or more but less than twelve metres in length and does not proceed beyond inshore fishing limits must be fitted with a magnetic compass permanently mounted as near as practicable to the centre line
1 from Maritime Rule 45.22(2) – Navigational Equipment – All ships to which SOLAS is not applied – Magnetic compasses – Small passenger ships, non-passenger ships, and fishing ships, to which Rule 45.21 does not apply – Magnetic compass required by Rule 45.22(1) must have an appropriate table or curve of total errors available at all times
2 from Maritime Rule 47, Section 1 – Load Lines – Ships of 24 metres of more in length
1 from Maritime Rule 47.8(2)(b)(i) – Load Lines – Ships of 24 metres or more in length – Owner’s and master’s obligations – Ships not proceed on voyage unless surveyed, maintained and marked in accordance with this section and Load Line Convention
1 from Maritime Rule 81.92(2)(a) and (b) – Commercial Rafting Operations – Group-guided raft trips – Grade 1 or 2 rapids – Commercial raft operator must ensure there is at least 1 guide for every 3 rafts or at least 1 guide for every 12 passengers, for group-guided commercial rafting on grade 1 and 2 rapids
2 from Maritime Rule 91.5(1) – Navigation Safety Rules – Operating requirements – Minimum age for operating powered vessels – No person under the age of 15 years shall be in charge of, or propel or navigate a power driven vessel unless under direct supervision
2 from Maritime Rule 91.5(2) – Navigation Safety Rules – Operating requirements – Minimum age for operating powered vessels – Owner of power driven vessel must not allow any person under the age of 15 years be in charge of or propel or navigate the vessel unless under direct supervision