New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) Subject to subclause (3), a pre-1990 forest land participant must collect the following information in relation to any pre-1990 forest land, other than exempt land, from which trees are cleared as part of deforestation by the participant in a year:
(a) the area, in hectares, of pre-1990 forest land from which trees are cleared; and
(b) in relation to each hectare of cleared land,—
(i) the forest type cleared; and
(ii) the age of the forest species cleared; and
(iii) if the forest species is Pinus radiata, the region or regions in which the pre-1990 forest land is located.
(2) The rules specified in regulation 16 apply for the purposes of subclause (1)(b).
(3) If a person becomes a pre-1990 forest land participant in a year due to the operation of—
(a) section 179, the information that must be collected by the participant under subclause (1) must relate to the trees cleared from the land 4 years, 10 years, or 20 years earlier (as relevant), whether or not those trees were cleared by the pre-1990 forest land participant; and
(b) section 181(3), the information that must be collected under subclause (1) must relate to the trees cleared from the pre-1990 forest land prior to the forest land being transferred to the pre-1990 forest land participant, or control of the forest land reverting to the pre-1990 forest land participant following the expiry or termination of the forestry right, Crown forest licence, lease, or other agreement that related to the land.