New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 July 2011
| Public Act | 1996 No 40 |
| Date of assent | 24 June 1996 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry for the Environment.
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 2
Controls in respect of ozone depleting substances
6 Prohibitions in respect of ozone depleting substances
7 Customs and Excise Act 1996 to apply to prohibited exports
9 Consideration of application for exemption
9A General requirements for permits
9B Refusal of permit to import substance
9C Consideration of application for permit to import substance
9D Conditions on permits to import substance
11 Accreditation of persons handling ozone depleting substances
12 Industry may be required to prepare draft accreditation schemes
12A Environmental Protection Authority may approve forms
12C Information to be included in register
12D Environmental Protection Authority to allow New Zealand Customs Service access to register
14 Defence for release of ozone depleting substance
17 Consultation requirements before regulations made
18 Additional requirement before regulations made
19 Manufacture of goods not to be prohibited unless importation also prohibited
20 Updating text of Convention, etc
21 Purpose for which powers may be exercised
24 Seizure by Customs officers
25 Retention of property seized
26 Return or forfeiture of property seized
Part 5
Miscellaneous provisions
27 Review of reduction timetables
29 Protection of officers and others
32 Transitional provision relating to consultation on first regulations
Schedule 1
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Schedule 3
Regulation and orders revoked
An Act to help protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting or likely to result from human activities which modify or are likely to modify the ozone layer and to implement in New Zealand the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
