Consultation on HSWA guidance

Maritime NZ administers the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) and associated regulations:

• on board ships
• where ships are places of work
• on New Zealand’s 13 major ports.

We are expanding the range of HSWA guidance we provide to our sector. This guidance is designed to support PCBUs and workers to meet their HSWA obligations. It describes the health and safety practices we want to see in the maritime sector and on major ports and outlines what workers need to know about their rights and responsibilities regarding health and safety. 

Some of these documents will be revised versions of existing guidance documents Maritime NZ had already published. These will replace the old versions. Others are new documents that outline the position we hold and describe practices we expect to see. This will happen over the next 6 to 12 months. 

Current guidance

There are no current HSWA guidance consultations

Upcoming guidance 

Further HSWA guidance documents are in the process of being developed. These will be released for consultation as they are ready: 

Consultation closed

We have finished consultation on the following topic:

Further information on the change in HSWA responsibility on the major NZ ports 

If you’d like to know more about Maritime NZ becoming the responsible health and safety regulator on New Zealand’s 13 major ports, there is information available on the Maritime NZ Safer Ports Programme website.