New Zealand Legislation: Bills
Bills are proposed Acts
This Bill amends the Climate Change Response Act 2002. It delays certain requirements applicable to the forestry sector under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
Clause 1 relates to the Title.
Clause 2 relates to commencement.
Clause 3 provides that the principal Act amended is the Climate Change Response Act 2002.
Clause 4 amends section 168, which concerns the making of certain regulations. The amendment provides the Governor-General with the power to prescribe a date by which applications must be made under section 183.
Clause 5 amends section 183, which concerns applications for exemptions for certain land holdings. The amendment provides that the applications must be submitted to the chief executive by a prescribed or specified date.
Clause 6 amends section 196, which deals with first emissions returns for pre-1990 forest land activities. The amendment defers the date by which deforestation is to be notified and alters the timing of the obligation to surrender the relevant New Zealand units.
Clause 7 inserts new section 196A, which provides the Minister with the power to withdraw or suspend any draft allocation plan notified before the commencement of new section 196A.
Clause 8 amends section 76(1) by omitting the first occurrence of the words “this section and section 78(2)”, which are superfluous.
Clause 9 amends section 78(3)(b) by omitting “the Act” and substituting “this Act” to match the terminology of the defined term in section 4 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002.
Clause 10 amends the heading to section 169 to provide a more accurate description of section 169.
Clause 11 amends the item relating to the Climate Change Response Act 2002 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 by omitting “120”
and substituting “133”
, which is the appropriate cross-reference, and also by omitting “offence”
and substituting “offences”
, which is the appropriate term.
