Pursuant to section 431(2) of the Maritime Transport
Act 1994 and sections 112 and 115 of the Crown
Entities Act 2004, the Minister of Transport gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice is the Maritime New Zealand (Functions and Duties) Notice 2010.
2. Commencement-This notice comes into force
on 1 August 2010.
3. Application-This notice applies to Maritime
New Zealand (which is continued under section 429 of
the Maritime Transport Act 1994).
4. Interpretation-For the purposes of this Direction, Pacific Islands Region includes the Member States of
the Pacific Islands Forum and Tokelau.
5. Background-Maritime New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have identified maritime safety in the Pacific Islands region as a key area in need of development. Maritime New Zealand intends to establish
a Pacific Shipping Safety Advisor to provide advice and support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The project is to be funded under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s State Sector Development Partnerships Fund.
6. Additional functions and duties-Maritime
New Zealand is directed to carry out the following additional functions and duties:
(a) To provide advice and support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on maritime issues in the Pacific Islands region; and
(b) to undertake any duties that may be agreed between Maritime New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the purpose of performing
the function specified in paragraph (a), including providing technical advice, training and specialist maritime assistance to maritime agencies in the Pacific Islands region.
7. Expiry-This notice expires with the close of
31 December 2013, but may be revoked at any time.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of July 2010.
HON STEVEN JOYCE, Minister of Transport.