自2019年以來，新西蘭海事局(MNZ)一直在尋求改變福利籌資機制的方法，以響應新西蘭海員福利委員會(SWB)、福利利益相關者和海洋人權組織(Human Rights at Seas)對有效和可持續變革的呼吁。

這項工作是更廣泛的海上人權海事征稅運動的一部分，該運動旨在提高全球所有海員的福利標準和設施。

2021年3月，通過了海事征稅法修正案，規定征稅資金必須用于改善海員福利，而不是以前的海員福利不是海事征稅收入的強制性支出的情況。

MNZ目前正在舉行一次公眾咨詢，并提議提高海事稅和石油污染稅，以確保充足和可持續的資金。咨詢將于2023年7月19日至8月16日進行，將為“所有從新西蘭海事局的業績中受益并為該組織履行監管職能提供資金、參與稅收的潛在變化的人和組織尋求意見和機會?！?/p>

背景文件“提供海員福利服務的方案”支持了這一咨詢，并討論如何提供由海事稅資助的海員福利服務。

海上人權組織將在2022年11月發表的意見的基礎上提交對此事的看法。這一舉措的成功對于所有海事福利提供者獲得有保證的資金以繼續和改善對海員的支持至關重要。海上人權組織將繼續與MNZ、政府部門和新西蘭港口的前瞻***利提供者合作。

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英文原文

Since 2019, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has been seeking ways to deliver changes to welfare funding mechanisms in response to the New Zealand Seafarer Welfare Board’s (SWB), welfare stakeholders, and Human Rights at Seas calls for effective and sustainable changes.

This work forms part of the wider Human Rights at Sea Maritime Levy Campaign which aims to improve welfare standards and facilities for all seafarers globally.

In March 2021, amendments to maritime levy laws were passed, specifying that levy funds must be used to improve seafarers’ welfare, as opposed to the previous situation where seafarers’ welfare was not a mandatory expenditure from the proceeds of the maritime levy.

MNZ is now holding a public consultation and is proposing increases to the Maritime Levies and Oil Pollution Levies to ensure sufficient and sustainable funding. The consultation will run from 19 July to 16 August 2023 and will seek input and an “opportunity for all people and organisations that receive the benefits of Maritime NZ’s performance and fund the organization to carry out its regulatory functions, to engage on potential changes to levies.”

The background paper “Options for Delivery of Seafarer Welfare Services” supports the consultation and discusses how seafarer welfare services funded by maritime levies should be provided.

Human Rights at Sea will submit its views on the matter, which builds on its opinions issued in November 2022. The success of this initiative is crucial for all maritime welfare providers in terms of accessing assured funding to continue and improve support to seafarers. Human Rights at Sea will continue engaging with MNZ, government departments, and forward-leaning welfare providers in NZ ports.

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