Harbourmaster infringements Harbourmaster infringements
The Harbourmaster is responsible for enforcing the Auckland Council Navigation Safety Bylaw 2014.
Types of harbourmaster infringements
Schedule 1 infringement offences and fees under Auckland Council Navigation Bylaw 2021.
| Provision | Description of infringement offence | |
| cl 7 | Failing to carry sufficient and readily accessible personal flotation devices in good operative condition and of appropriate size for each person on board a recreational vessel | $200 |
| cl 8(1) | Failing to ensure that each person on board a recreational vessel is wearing a properly secured personal flotation device in circumstances of heightened risk | $200 |
| cl 9(1) | Failing to wear a properly secured personal flotation device of an appropriate size on board a small recreational vessel | $200 |
| cl 11(1) | Failing to ensure that any person being towed wears an appropriate personal flotation device, or failing to wear an appropriate personal flotation device while being towed | $200 |
| cl 12(1) | Failing to nominate a person in charge of the vessel | $200 |
| cl 12(3) | Operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs | $200 |
| cl 13(2) | Allowing a person under 15 years of age, without supervision, to operate a power-driven vessel capable of exceeding a speed of 10 knots | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(a) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within 50 metres of another vessel | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(b) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within 50 metres of a person in the water | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(c) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within 200 metres of the shore | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(d) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within 200 metres of any structure | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(e) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within 200 metres of any vessel displaying flag A | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(g) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within any zone specified by the harbourmaster as a 5-knot zone | $200 |
| cl 14(1)(h) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots within any mooring zone | $200 |
| cl 14(2) | Operating a power-driven vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots while any person has a portion of his or her body extending from the vessel | $200 |
| cl 15(2) | Operating an unseaworthy vessel | $200 |
| cl 15(4) | Failing to move or remove an unseaworthy vessel as directed by the harbourmaster | $200 |
| cl 16(1) | Operating a vessel in breach of Maritime Rules Part 22 (Collision prevention) | $200 |
| cl 17 | Failing to report a collision or accident as required | $200 |
| cl 18(1) | Jumping, swimming, or diving in certain areas in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 19(1) | Towing without an appropriate lookout | $200 |
| cl 19(2) | Towing a person or object between sunset and sunrise | $200 |
| cl 19(3) | Permitting a vessel to continue onwards after a person being towed has dropped a water ski or similar object in certain conditions | $200 |
| cl 19(4) | Being towed in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 20(1) | Failing to ensure that flag A is properly displayed when dive operations are in progress from a vessel | $200 |
| cl 20(2) | Failing to ensure that flag A is properly displayed from a buoy when diving unaccompanied by a vessel | $200 |
| cl 21(1) | Failing to ensure that a recreational vessel's wake, or the wake from any person or object being towed, does not cause danger or risk to any other person, vessel, structure, or navigation aid | $200 |
| cl 22(1) | Operating a vessel's propulsion system around a wharf, quay, jetty, or pontoon in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 23(5) | Failing to ensure a vessel in an access lane does not obstruct or cause danger to any other vessel or person in the access lane | $200 |
| cl 25(1) | Failing to obtain prior approval for an event that is likely to affect public use of the water | $200 |
| cl 26(3) | Obstructing a person using a reserved area for its intended purpose, or entering, remaining in, or using the reserved area for any other purpose | $200 |
| cl 27(1) | Obstructing any navigable waters or access to any wharf, landing place, boat ramp, slipway, navigational channel, or mooring without prior approval | $200 |
| cl 27(2) | Placing any obstruction in, over, or near any navigable waters in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 27(3) | Leaving any equipment extending over the side of a vessel so as to cause a hazard to another vessel | $200 |
| cl 28(1) | Discharging, dropping, or causing or allowing to be discharged cargo or anything into navigable waters that may constitute a danger to navigation safety | $200 |
| cl 29(3) | Tying a vessel to a navigation aid without prior approval | $200 |
| cl 29(4) | Damaging, removing, defacing, or interfering with a navigation aid | $300 |
| cl 29(5) | Erecting a light or structure that may be mistaken as a navigation aid without prior written approval | $200 |
| cl 30(1) | Fitting or using any lights, sirens, or other sound not prescribed for that vessel | $200 |
| cl 30(6) | Failing to display an orange flashing light on a fast passenger ferry when required | $200 |
| cl 32(1) | Operating a vessel while unable to communicate with a land-based person | $200 |
| cl 33(1) | Failing to ensure visibility of a paddle craft under 7 metres | $200 |
| cl 34(1) | Failing to identify a vessel in accordance with requirements | $200 |
| cl 35(1) | Impeding an aircraft that is landing or taking off | $200 |
| cl 35(2) | Taking off, landing, attempting to take off, or attempting to land an aircraft in certain areas without permission | $200 |
| cl 36(1)(a) | Anchoring or mooring a vessel in a prohibited anchorage without prior approval | $200 |
| cl 36(1)(b) | Anchoring a vessel in a restricted anchorage in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 37(1) | Anchoring a vessel in the same or a nearby location for more than 14 consecutive days without prior approval | $200 |
| cl 37(2) | Leaving a vessel unattended in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 38(1) | Failing to ensure a vessel is adequately secured when not underway | $200 |
| cl 38(2) | Mooring or anchoring a vessel that causes a hazard or an obstruction | $200 |
| cl 38(3) | Mooring a vessel in a mooring zone in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 38(4) | Cutting, breaking, destroying, or otherwise tampering with the anchor, mooring, or securing of any vessel | $200 |
| cl 39(1) | Operating an unregistered personal water craft or failing to display an identification number | $200 |
| cl 40(1) | Placing a mooring in navigable water without a mooring licence | $200 |
| cl 50(2) | Failing to obtain approval before commencing hot work operations | $200 |
| cl 50(3) | Failing to take required precautions before commencing or continuing hot work operations | $300 |
| cl 51 | Failing to notify the berth operator, and the harbourmaster if requested, of the carriage of dangerous goods at least 48 hours prior to arrival | $300 |
| cl 52(2) | Failing to notify the harbourmaster 24 hours prior to commencing any bunkering operation from a road tanker or vessel | $300 |
| cl 53 | Failing to report inoperative or malfunctioning navigational or manoeuvring equipment on a large vessel as required or allowing such a vessel to enter or depart certain areas in breach of requirements | $300 |
| cl 54(1) | Allowing a vessel under 500 gross tonnage to impede navigation of a large vessel in a pilotage area | $200 |
| cl 55(3) | Navigating a vessel within the moving prohibited zone of a large vessel | $200 |
| cl 56(2) | Allowing a large vessel to enter an area of restricted access to large vessels without prior approval | $300 |
| cl 58(2) | Failing to operate a commercial fast vessel in accordance with an approved Navigation Safety Operating Plan as required | $300 |
| cl 59(2) | Operating a vessel in Motuihe Channel fast passenger ferry lane in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 60(2) | Operating a power-driven vessel at a speed exceeding 12 knots or using an automatic steering device in the Waitematā Harbour restricted zone | $200 |
| cl 61(2) | Impeding the passage of specified types of vessels, mooring, anchoring, or fishing in the harbour bridge precautionary area | $200 |
| cl 62(2) | Operating a vessel at a speed exceeding 5 knots in the Kawau Island restricted speed area | $200 |
| cl 63(2) | Allowing a vessel to enter the ferry terminal basin in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 64(1) | Allowing a large vessel to cross the Manukau Harbour bar between sunset and sunrise | $200 |
| cl 65(2) | Loading or discharging explosive substances outside of an approved berth facility or explosives safety zone | $300 |
| cl 65(3) | Vessel entering explosives safety zone without prior approval | $200 |
| cl 65(4) | Vessel entering an explosives safety zone when a vessel is showing flag B | $200 |
| cl 66(2) | Allowing a vessel carrying explosive substances to approach within 200 metres of another vessel in breach of requirements | $200 |
| cl 67(1) | Failing to display flag B by day or a red light by night when carrying or loading bulk oil or explosive substances | $300 |
| cl 68(2) | Berthing or mooring an oil tanker otherwise than at a place authorised for bulk oil discharges or failing to comply with requirements while tanker in port | $200 |
| cl 69(1) | Allowing a tanker to lie within 30 metres of another vessel | $300 |
| cl 70(1) | Failing to submit pilot log of transits to the harbourmaster annually as required | $200 |
| cl 71(1) | Any pilot or pilot exempt master failing to use a passage plan as required | $200 |
| cl 71(2) | Failing to ensure sufficient crew members on the bridge of a large vessel to carry out the passage plan as required | $200 |
| cl 72(2) | Failing to navigate a vessel within marked channels as required | $300 |
| cl 73(1) | Operating a commercial vessel for hire or reward without a licence | $300 |
| cl 77(2) | Failing to comply with a direction given by the harbourmaster, an enforcement officer, an honorary enforcement officer, or the police | $200 |