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Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Notice of Exemption From Marine Protection Rule 131.62

Pursuant to section 47(3) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Director of Maritime New Zealand hereby notifies the granting, on 22 December 2016, of the following exemption:

  • From the obligation in Marine Protection Rule 131.62 to have structure, equipment, piping systems, including oil discharge and monitoring and control systems, oily water separating equipment and oil filtering equipment, fittings and arrangements that comply with Part 131, but only in respect to certain specified equipment required under MARPOL Annex 1, Chapter II (Machinery Space), namely: Tanks for oil residues (sludge) – Regulation 12; Oil fuel tank protection – Regulation 12A; Standard discharge connection – Regulation 13; and Oil filtering equipment – Regulation 14

Dated this 12th day of January 2017.