1.1 Title and commencement

1.1.1
This bylaw is the Northland Regional Council Navigation Safety Bylaw 2011.

1.1.2
This bylaw comes into force on 1 July 2011.

1.2  Areas within which this bylaw applies

This bylaw applies to the waters in estuaries, inlets, harbours and along the Northland coast between the following boundaries:

(a)  The outer boundary being 12 nautical miles from the shore; and

(b)  The inner boundary being the line of mean high water springs, except where the line crosses a river, in which case the inner boundary is deemed to be the landward boundary of the Coastal Marine Area as defined in the Regional Coastal Plan for Northland.