New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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(1) This regulation applies if the EPA—
(a) is satisfied that any forest land is pre-1990 forest land; or
(b) records any post-1989 forest land as a carbon accounting area in respect of which there is a post-1989 forest land participant; or
(c) declares any pre-1990 forest land to be exempt land under section 183 of the Act.
(2) If this regulation applies, the EPA must,—
(a) if the forest land is Māori land, give notice to the Registrar of the Maori Land Court in whose jurisdiction the land is located that the land is—
(i) pre-1990 forest land; or
(ii) post-1989 forest land that forms part of a carbon accounting area in respect of which a person is a participant under the Act; or
(iii) exempt land under section 183 of the Act; or
(b) if the forest land is registered or provisionally registered under the Land Transfer Act 1952, give notice to the Registrar-General of Land that the land is—
(i) pre-1990 forest land; or
(ii) post-1989 forest land that forms part of a carbon accounting area in respect of which a person is a participant under the Act; or
(iii) exempt land under section 183 of the Act; or
(c) if the forest land is registered under the Deeds Registration Act 1908, give notice to the Registrar of Deeds that the land is—
(i) pre-1990 forest land; or
(ii) post-1989 forest land that forms part of a carbon accounting area in respect of which a person is a participant under the Act; or
(iii) exempt land under section 183 of the Act.
(3) A notice under subclause (2)—
(a) must be in form 1 of Schedule 3; and
(b) may contain any additional information that the EPA thinks fit; and
(c) must, if any pre-1990 forest land, post-1989 forest land that forms part of a carbon accounting area in respect of which a person is a participant under the Act, or exempt land constitutes part of a greater area of land contained in a record of the Maori Land Court, computer register, or deeds index, indicate that only part of the land is—
(i) pre-1990 forest land; or
(ii) post-1989 forest land that forms part of a carbon accounting area in respect of which a person is a participant under the Act; or
(iii) exempt land under section 183 of the Act.
Regulation 10(1): amended, on 5 December 2011, by section 53(2) of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011 (2011 No 14).
Regulation 10(2): amended, on 5 December 2011, by section 53(2) of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011 (2011 No 14).
Regulation 10(3)(b): amended, on 5 December 2011, by section 53(2) of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011 (2011 No 14).
