New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

4 Application to enter into forest sink covenants

• (1) A landowner may apply to the Minister to enter into a forest sink covenant.

  (2) The application must be—

  • (a) in writing addressed to the Minister on a form provided for that purpose by the Secretary; and

  • (b) signed by or on behalf of the landowner.

  (3) The application must be accompanied by—

  • (a) a forest sink plan; and

  • (b) information that establishes that the land is Kyoto-compliant land; and

  • (c) for areas greater than 50 hectares, a geospatial data file derived from an orthographically corrected aerial photograph or a survey plan capable of being deposited under the Land Transfer Act 1952 that verifies the boundaries of any proposed forest sink area; and

  • (d) for areas less than 50 hectares, either—

    • (i) the information required under paragraph (c); or

    • (ii) GPS co-ordinates from a GPS device that captures bounding co-ordinates of the proposed forest sink area; and

  • (e) the applicable fee, charge, or levy specified in Schedule 1; and

  • (f) the landowner's holding account details in the Registry.

  (4) The information supplied under subclause (3)(c) or (d) must identify whether the co-ordinate system used was a New Zealand Map Grid projection or a New Zealand Transverse Mercator projection.