Amendment
This Part was amended by Maritime Rules Amendments 2025 (No 3). These amendments came into force on 28 January 2026.
Maritime Rules Part 40C - Design, Construction and Equipment - Non-SOLAS Non-Passenger Ships
Current version of Part 40C
This rule is made up of:
- section 1, which applies to:
- non-passenger motor ships which do not proceed beyond restricted limits
- non-passenger motor ships which are less than 45 metres in length proceeding beyond restricted limits
- non-passenger motor ships of less than 500 tons gross tonnage which undertake an international voyage.
- Cargo ships, workBoats, tugs, pilot boats, dredgers, offshore supply ships, police boats, research ships (other than fisheries research to which 40D applies), harbour work or patrol craft, hydrographic ships, pollution control craft, floating cranes and also ships which go beyond restricted limits and carry 12 or fewer passengers, such as recreational fishing boats, training ships, excursion and cruise ships.
- section 2, which applies to:
- pilot boats.
- section 3, which applies to:
- marine farming vessels
- section 4, which applies to:
- barges that carry any persons and barges of 24 metres in length or more which do not carry persons.
Part 40C is divided into 4 sections:
- section 1 outlines the general design, construction and equipment requirements.
- section 2 details additional requirements applying to pilot boats.
- section 3 details additional requirements applying to marine farming vessels.
- section 4 details additional requirements applying to barges.
History of Part 40C
Amendment
Maritime Rules Amendments 2025 (No 2) amended this part. These amendments come into force on 1 December 2025.
Amendment
This part was amended by Maritime Rules Amendments 2025. These amendments come into force on 21 April 2025.
Amendment
This part was amended by a notice in the New Zealand Gazette on 27 August 2020, noting a change to material incorporated by reference.
Amendment
This Part was amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments on 13 December 2019
Amendment
This Part was amended by Maritime Rules Part 40 Series Amendments 2017. Amendments 6.1 and 6.2 come into force January 2019, all other rules come into force March 2018.
Amendment
This Part was amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments 2016 in November 2016.
Amendment
This Part was recently amended by Various SOLAS-related Amendments 2016, in 2016.
Amendment
This Part was then amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments 2015, in 2015.
Amendment
This Part was then amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments 2014 in 2015.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Part 40A, Part 40C, Part 40D, Part 40E, Part 40F, and Part 42A: Amendment 2014 in August 2014.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Parts 19 and 44: Consequential Amendments in July 2014.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Parts 20, 31, 32, 34 and 35: Consequential Amendments in 2014.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments 2011, in 2011.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Maritime (Various Amendment) Rules Parts 21-80 in 2009.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Maritime (Portable Fire Extinguisher) Amendment Rules 2008 in 2008.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Maritime (Various Amendments) Rules Part 20-91 in 2008.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Maritime (EPIRBS) Amendment Rules in 2006.
Amendment
This part was then amended by Maritime Rules Parts 20-90 in 2004.
New part comes into force
Part 40C entered into force on 1 February 2001.
New part signed
Part 40C was signed into law by the Transport Minister on 18 December 2000.