The bill creates a comprehensive regime for the exercise of law enforcement powers in the oceans and seas beyond New Zealand territory, including our exclusive economic zone. It responds to an increasingly dynamic and complex maritime security environment and ensures that we can keep our maritime environment secure against threats, including drug trafficking, wildlife trafficking, and human trafficking. It includes a number of important safeguard measures to ensure that the law enforcement powers it confers are exercised in a fair, reasonable, and proportionate way that is consistent with our human rights obligations.