New Zealand Legislation: Acts

86 Regulations in relation to records, information, and reports

• (1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for 1 or more of the following purposes:

  • Information from operator of disposal facility

  • (a) requiring the operator of a disposal facility to keep, and provide to the Secretary and any appointed levy collector, records and information to enable amounts of levy payable by the operator to be accurately calculated:

  • Information from any class of person

  • (b) requiring any class of person to keep, and provide to the Secretary, records and information to assist the Secretary to compile statistics in order to—

    • (i) measure progress in waste management and minimisation:

    • (ii) report on the state of New Zealand’s environment:

    • (iii) assess New Zealand’s performance in waste minimisation and decreasing waste disposal:

    • (iv) identify improvements needed in infrastructure for waste minimisation:

  • Information from territorial authority

  • (c) requiring a territorial authority to keep, and provide to the Secretary each year, records and information about the territorial authority’s—

    • (i) spending of levy money; and

    • (ii) performance in achieving waste minimisation with the services, facilities, and activities provided or funded in accordance with its waste management and minimisation plan; and

    • (iii) performance as measured against any performance standards set by the Minister under section 49:

  • Miscellaneous

  • (d) prescribing the form and manner in which, and the times at which, the records and information referred to in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) must be kept or provided:

  • (e) prescribing requirements for a person to verify that records and information are correct before providing them under paragraph (a), (b), or (c):

  • (f) providing for any other matter contemplated by this Part.

  (2) Before recommending the making of regulations under subsection (1), the Minister must—

  • (a) obtain and consider the advice of the Waste Advisory Board; and

  • (b) be satisfied that there has been adequate consultation with persons or organisations who may be significantly affected by the regulations; and

  • (c) consider the costs and benefits expected from implementing the regulations.

  (3) Before recommending the making of regulations under subsection (1)(b), the Minister must also consult the Government Statistician.