Amendment
Maritime Rules Amendments 2025 (No 2) amended this Part. These amendments come into force on 1 December 2025.
Maritime Rules Part 40G - Design, Construction and Equipment – Novel ships
Current version of Part 40G
This rule applies to:
- ships for which the design, construction and equipment requirements are not specified in Parts 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E and 40F of the maritime rules.
- ships which Parts 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E and 40F are not appropriate for the design, construction and equipment requirements and have been considered by the Director of Maritime NZ.
Part 40G covers requirements of ships for which the design, construction and equipment requirements are not specified in Parts 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E and 40F of the maritime rules, or when these Parts are considered by the Director of Maritime NZ to be not appropriate for a particular ship.
Generally any ship not covered by these Parts will be of a less common type and/or engaged in different service from the normal. For this reason Part 40G will require the owner to present a ‘safety case’ for that ship and its operation for approval by the Director of Maritime NZ.
History of Part 40G
Amendment
This Part was amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments on 13 December 2019
Amendment
This Part was amended by Maritime Rules Various Amendments 2016 in November 2016.
Amendment
This part was amended by Parts 19 and 44: Consequential Amendments in July 2014.
Amendment
This part was amended by Maritime Rules Part 82: Commercial Jet Boat Operations - River, in 2012.
Amendment
This part was amended by Maritime (Various Amendments) Rules 2009, in 2009.
New part comes into force
Part 40G entered into force on 11 January 2007.
New part signed
Part 40G was signed into law by the Transport Minister on 11 December 2006.