Pursuant to section 74 of the Legislation Act 2019 and section 448(2) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994 (as it applied before 28 October 2021), notice is given that the Associate Minister of Transport on behalf of the Minister of Transport has made the following maritime rules:

Maritime Rules Part 404: Design, Construction, and Equipment – New Zealand Cape Town Vessels and Foreign Cape Town Vessels

These rules were made on 9 December 2022 and will come into force on a date the rules in Part 404 are applied, either wholly or in part, by notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

The empowering provisions under which these rules were made are sections 36, 451, 452, 452A, and 452B of the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

Maritime New Zealand is the administering agency responsible for the rules.

These rules are secondary legislation for the purpose of the Legislation Act 2019.

These rules are available for inspection free of charge, or for purchase, from Maritime New Zealand, Level 11, 1 Grey Street, Wellington, or on the Maritime New Zealand website at: www.maritimenz.govt.nz/rules.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 2022.

SEAN COOPER, Manager Regulatory Policy Design, Maritime New Zealand.