Notice of Exemption From the Maritime 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 and Marine Protection Rules during the period 29 September 2024 to 8 October 2024 inclusive.
Rule Part |
Rule |
Requirement |
Exempted (person, ship, product etc) |
Total |
Operating Limits |
20.21 |
Requirement to operate within lesser of operating limits assigned to ship or operating limits that apply to Master |
Royal New Zealand Coastguard Incorporated (owner) and vessel, Houhora Rescue, MNZ No. 142074 |
1 |
Requirement to operate within lesser of operating limits assigned to ship or operating limits that apply to Master only in respect to operating beyond the assigned limits on New Zealand Barge Safety Certificate No. 70829 |
Port Otago Limited (owner) and vessel, Hapuka, MNZ No. 135721 |
1 |
||
Crewing and Watchkeeping |
31.82(1) |
Requirement to operate under Minimum Safe Crewing Document for some ships |
Fullers Group Limited (owner) and master, and vessel, Adventurer, MNZ No. 132583 |
1 |
31.84(2) |
Minimum crewing requirements as per Minimum Safe Crewing Document for other passenger or non-passenger ships, as specified in tables and flowcharts |
Royal New Zealand Coastguard Incorporated (owner) and vessel, Houhora Rescue, MNZ No. 142074 |
1 |
|
31.84(4)(d) |
Minimum crewing requirements for non-passenger ships less than 24 metres operating beyond restricted limits but within coastal limits (Table 13) |
1 |
||
Medical Standards |
34.26(4)(c) |
General eyesight and colour vision standards in relation to national deck certificates standards set out in row 3 of the table in Appendix 1 |
Holder of Skipper Restricted Limits Certificate |
1 |
Design, Construction and Equipment – Non-passenger Ships that are not SOLAS Ships |
40C.7(1)(b) |
Owner of the ship must ensure that the ship’s design is approved by a surveyor who holds a current Certificate of Surveyor Recognition that entitles surveyor to perform that function |
Rockfish Enterprises Limited (owner) and vessel, Rockfish I, MNZ No. 101288 |
1 |
40C.9(1) |
Requirement for construction of a ship to provide strength for its safe operation to withstand sea and weather conditions |
1 |
||
40C.52(1), Appendix 3, 3.1 |
Provision of life-saving (non-passenger) appliances on ships of less than 500 gross tonnage that undertake an international voyage in accordance with requirements of Appendix 3 – only in respect to survival craft (comprising lifeboats, rescue boats and liferafts), line throwing appliance, and immersion suits |
1 |
||
Safety Equipment – Life Saving Appliances – Performance, Maintenance and Servicing |
42A.37(1)(a) |
Servicing of inflatable life rafts at intervals of not more than twelve months |
Enterprising Faith Limited (owner) and master, and vessel, Faith, MNZ No. 122140 |
1 |
Medical Stores |
50.9(2) |
Owner and master of ship must ensure ship carries on board the required stores for scale 4 including medicines, equipment, first-aid kits, medical guides, radio communication stations for medical advice and a copy of Part 50 of the Maritime Rules |
Rockfish Enterprises Limited (owner) and vessel, Rockfish I, MNZ No. 101288 |
1 |
Logbooks |
73.4(1) |
Requirement to carry a New Zealand official logbook on board the ship |
Rockfish Enterprises Limited (owner) and vessel, Rockfish I, MNZ No. 101288 |
1 |
Marine Protection Products – Oil |
122.4 |
Oil filtering equipment requirements |
Southern Discoveries Limited (owner) and vessel, Pride of Milford, MNZ No. 130880 |
1 |