Maritime Rules Part 24A - Carriage of Cargoes – Dangerous Goods

What Part 24A applies to

This rule applies to:

• any New Zealand commercial ship or foreign ship in New Zealand waters.

Overview of Part 24A

This rule was signed by the Minister of Transport on 8 April 2014 and comes into force on 1 July 2014 (except Rules 24A.43(1) and rule 24A.242(3)(e) and (f), which come into force on 1 December 2014). 

• The Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code)
• the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (GC Code)
• the Code for Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk The International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)
• the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code)
• the International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium, and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on Board Ships (INF Code)
• the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Convention)
• the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS Convention)
• the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)
• the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code).

Materials incorporated by reference in Part 24A

On 18 November 2022, the Associate Minister of Transport signed the Maritime Rules (Part 23 and 53) Amendment 2022 which come into force on 22 December 2022.

• Clarification of SOLAS Regulation III/19 as adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO by Resolution MSC.1/Circ.1326 and Corr 1.
• Guidelines on Safety during Abandon Ship Drills using Lifeboats as adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO by Resolution MSC.1/Circ.1578.