Notice of Exemption From the Maritime Rules and Marine Protection Rules
Pursuant to sections 40AA(1)(a) and 395(1)(a) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Director of Maritime New Zealand hereby notifies the granting of the following exemptions from the Maritime Rules and Marine Protection Rules during the period 15 September 2021 and 12 October 2021 inclusive:
| Rule | Rule Part | Summary | Total |
| Maritime Transport Operator – Certification and Responsibilities | 19.3 | Requirement to hold Maritime Transport Operator Certificate | 2 |
| 19.63(1) | Survey requirements – must ensure surveyor completes surveys for each ship, including any barge that carries persons or passengers on board | 1 | |
| Crewing and Watchkeeping | 31.25(2) | Duty of crew to hold certificates and to be able to demonstrate ancillary proficiencies – specific certificate or endorsement and specific ancillary proficiency | 33 |
| 31.82(1) | Requirement to operate under Minimum Safe Crewing Document for some ships – only in relation to the requirement to operate with Qualified Deck Crew (QDC) | 1 | |
| 31.84(2)(b)(i) | Minimum crewing requirements for other ships – seafarers on board hold minimum requirement certificates and prescribed endorsements | 1 | |
| 31.84(4)(b), Table 11 | Minimum crewing requirements for passenger ships - enclosed water limits – for ship length less than 24 metres – in relation to a Master to hold a Skipper Restricted Limits certificate of competency | 1 | |
| Seafarer Certification | 32.10(1) | Requirement to hold certificate and associated endorsements – no person may operate commercial ships, exercise privileges, or hold himself or herself out to be person entitled to exercise the privileges | 1 |
| 32.10(1)(a)–(b) | Requirement for any person to hold a QDC to operate a commercial ship or to exercise privileges relating to a QDC certificate | 1 | |
| 32.16(1)(a)–(b) | Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to advanced fire-fighting | 1 | |
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting | 2 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting; and advanced fire-fighting | 2 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting; and basic personal survival | 2 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting; basic personal survival; and survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats | 6 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting; survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats; and advanced fire-fighting | 3 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats; and advanced fire-fighting | 2 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats; basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting; basic personal survival; and advanced fire-fighting | 17 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats; basic fire-prevention and fire-fighting; advanced fire-fighting; and fast rescue boats | 1 | ||
| Requirement to demonstrate ancillary proficiency in this Part, Part 31 or under any New Zealand maritime security legislation – competency and training standard and STCW certificates – in relation to survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats; and basic personal survival | 1 | ||
| Medical Standards | 34.22(1) | Requirement for certificate of medical fitness – must not join nor begin employment on a ship - categories A, A(T) and B | 3 |
| 34.22(4) | Requirement for certificate of medical fitness – must not employ nor engage a person to whom rule 34.20 applies for employment on a ship - categories A, A(T) and B | 3 | |
| Design, Construction and Equipment - Non-passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships | 40C.51(1), Appendix 2, 2.1, fire crew outfits | Fire-fighting appliances – Ships of less than 500 gross tonnage that undertake an international voyage - A ship must carry two fire crew outfits that comply with rule 42B.66 and 2 sets of breathing apparatus that comply with rule 42B.59 | 1 |
| Design, Construction and Equipment - Fishing Ships | 40D.14(5), Table 3 | Height above deck of hatchway coamings – only for ship length 24 metres or more – minimum height of coaming: 600mm on working deck, 300mm on superstructure deck | 1 |
| Offshore Installations - Oil Spill Contingency Plans and Oil Pollution Prevention Certification | 131.63(2)(a) | Equipment and associated pump and piping systems, including oil discharge and monitoring control systems, oily water separating equipment and oil filtering systems that comply Part 131 – only with respect to MARPOL Annex I, Chapter 3 (Machinery Space): tanks for oil residue (sludge) – Regulation 12; oil fuel tank protection – Regulation 12A; standard discharge connection – Regulation 13; and oil filtering equipment – Regulation 14 | 1 |