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Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Amendment Act 2008 No 60, Public Act

Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Amendment Act 2008

Public Act2008 No 60
Date of assent9 September 2008
Commencementsee section 2

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal Act amended

4 New section 1B inserted

1B Interpretation

5 Section 12 repealed

6 Control of goods or services

7 New section 24 substituted

24 Petroleum or engine fuel monitoring levy

8 Offence to make incorrect statement

9 New Part 3A inserted

Part  3A
Biofuel obligation

34A Purpose of this Part

34B Outline of this Part

34C Status of examples

34D Interpretation

34E Definition of obliged person

34F Definition of obligation engine fuel

34G Definition of qualifying biofuel

34H Minister must recommend Order in Council under section 34G(2) providing qualifying biofuels must be sustainable biofuels

34I Definition of trigger point

34J Governor-General may revise biofuel percentage

34K Consultation and confirmation requirements for Orders in Council under section 34F, 34G, 34I, or 34J

34L Obliged person’s required amount of qualifying biofuel

34M Calculating required amount of qualifying biofuel and actual amount of qualifying biofuel

34N Required amount of qualifying biofuels may be divided into proportions or amounts by Order in Council

34O Energy content values

34P Exclusion for engine fuel exported from New Zealand

34Q Deferring required amount of qualifying biofuel

34R Surplus and shortfall

34S Entitlement agreements: general rules

34T Entitlement agreements with biofuel owner who is not obliged person

34U Entitlement agreements with biofuel owner who is obliged person

Annual returns

34V Annual returns

34W Auditing of annual returns

Civil penalty

34X Civil penalty for breaching section 34L

34Y Civil penalty for breaching section 34N(2)

34Z Definition of force majeure event

34ZA Applicable rules, procedure, and standard of proof

10 Regulations

11 New sections 35A to 35D inserted

35A Power of Minister to require selling of engine fuel to cease

35B Keeping of records

35C Power to inspect property, obtain information, and enter land to conduct compliance check

35D Offence to make incorrect statement

12 Power of Minister to require information

13 Offences

14 New heading and sections 37A to 37K inserted

Search warrants

37A Issue of search warrants

37B Powers conferred by warrant

37C Form and content of search warrant

37D Warrant must be produced

37E Other duties of person who executes warrant

37F When alternative to list of seized things may be provided

37G Matters that must be stated in list of seized things

37H Duty to assist

37I Power to inspect and take copies of documents, etc, obtained under warrant

37J Disposal of things seized

37K Court order to be suspended on conviction or on order of civil penalty

15 New heading above section 38

16 New Schedule 5 added

Consequential amendments to other enactments

17 Consequential amendments to other enactments

References to petroleum fuels monitoring levy

18 References to petroleum fuels monitoring levy

Schedule 1
New Schedule 5 added to principal Act

Schedule 2
Consequential amendments to other enactments

Legislative history

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