Maritime Levies Amendment Regulations 2024
2024/80
Maritime Levies Amendment Regulations 2024
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 27th day of May 2024
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under section 191 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport made after complying with section 191(3A) of that Act.
Contents
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Maritime Levies Amendment Regulations 2024.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2024.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Maritime Levies Regulations 2016.
4 Regulation 8 amended (Maritime levies for foreign commercial ships: Part 1 of Schedule 2)
Replace regulation 8(2) with:
(2)
The maritime levy for each port visit by a ship of a class specified in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 2 during a levy year must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
(g x c2) + (d x c3) + (p x c4) = $L
where—
- g
is the gross tonnage of the ship
- d
is the deadweight tonnage of the ship
- p
is the passenger capacity of the ship
- c2
is the relevant gross tonnage rate specified in column 2 of the table
- c3
is the relevant deadweight tonnage rate specified in column 3 of the table
- c4
is the relevant passenger capacity rate specified in column 4 of the table
- $L
is the levy payable.
5 Regulation 9 amended (Maritime levies for New Zealand commercial ships: Part 2 of Schedule 2)
Replace regulation 9(2), (3), and (4) with:
(2)
The maritime levy for a New Zealand SOLAS ship that is of a class specified in column 1 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to a levy year must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
(g x c2) + (d x c4) + (p x c5) = $L
where—
- g
is the gross tonnage of the ship
- d
is the deadweight tonnage of the ship
- p
is the passenger capacity of the ship (if the ship is a passenger ship)
- c2
is the relevant gross tonnage rate specified in column 2 of the table
- c4
is the relevant deadweight tonnage rate specified in column 4 of the table
- c5
is the relevant passenger capacity rate specified in column 5 of the table (if applicable)
- $L
is the levy payable.
(3)
The maritime levy for a New Zealand non-SOLAS ship that is 24 metres or more in length and that is of a class specified in column 1 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to a levy year must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
(g x c2) + (p x c5) = $L
where—
- g
is the gross tonnage of the ship
- p
is the passenger capacity of the ship (if the ship is a passenger ship)
- c2
is the relevant gross tonnage rate specified in column 2 of the table
- c5
is the relevant passenger capacity rate specified in column 5 of the table (if applicable)
- $L
is the levy payable.
(4)
The maritime levy for a New Zealand non-SOLAS ship that is less than 24 metres in length and that is of a class specified in column 1 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to a levy year must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
(l x c3) + (p x c5) = $L
where—
- l
is the overall length of the ship
- p
is the passenger capacity of the ship (if the ship is a passenger ship)
- c3
is the relevant overall length rate specified in column 3 of the table
- c5
is the relevant passenger capacity rate specified in column 5 of the table (if applicable)
- $L
is the levy payable.
6 Schedule 2 replaced
Replace Schedule 2 with the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule of these regulations.
Schedule Schedule 2 replaced
Schedule 2 Maritime levies
rr 8, 9
Part 1 Foreign commercial ships
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class of ship | Gross tonnage rate ($) | Deadweight tonnage rate ($) | Passenger capacity rate ($) | |||
| Passenger | 0.1282 | 0.0105 | 2.5839 | |||
| Non-passenger | 0.1504 | 0.0121 | – |
Part 2 New Zealand commercial ships
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class of ship | Gross tonnage rate ($) | Overall length rate ($) | Deadweight tonnage rate ($) | Passenger capacity rate ($) | ||||
| NZ SOLAS | 9.9449 | – | 0.5879 | 59.6072 | ||||
| NZ non-SOLAS (24 m or more in length) | 10.4870 | – | – | 22.3834 | ||||
| NZ non-SOLAS (less than 24 m in length) | – | 19.5347 | – | 22.3834 |
Nicola Purvis,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2024, amend the Maritime Levies Regulations 2016. The main effects of the amendments are as follows:
an increase to the amount of maritime levy that is payable for each visit that a foreign commercial ship makes to a New Zealand port in a levy year:
an increase to the amount of maritime levy that is payable each levy year for a New Zealand SOLAS or non-SOLAS ship.
The increases to rates for a foreign commercial passenger ship are as follows:
the gross tonnage rate increases from $0.1004 to $0.1282:
the deadweight tonnage rate increases from $0.0082 to $0.0105:
the passenger capacity rate increases from $2.0248 to $2.5839.
The increases to rates for a foreign commercial non-passenger ship are as follows:
the gross tonnage rate increases from $0.1178 to $0.1504:
the deadweight tonnage rate increases from $0.0095 to $0.0121.
The increases to rates for a New Zealand SOLAS ship are as follows:
the gross tonnage rate increases from $7.7931 to $9.9449:
the deadweight tonnage rate increases from $0.4607 to $0.5879:
the passenger capacity rate increases from $46.7100 to $59.6072.
The increases to rates for a New Zealand non-SOLAS ship that is 24 metres or more in length are as follows:
the gross tonnage rate increases from $8.2197 to $10.4870:
the passenger capacity rate increases from $17.5403 to $22.3834.
The increases to rates for a New Zealand non-SOLAS ship that is less than 24 metres in length are as follows:
the overall length rate increases from $15.1746 to $19.5347:
the passenger capacity rate increases from $17.5403 to $22.3834.
Regulatory impact statement
Maritime New Zealand produced a regulatory impact statement on 31 October 2023 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
Date of notification in Gazette: 30 May 2024.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Transport.