New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

15 Method of calculating emissions for deforestation of pre-1990 forest land

• (1) A pre-1990 forest land participant must calculate the emissions from each sub-area of pre-1990 forest land deforested by the participant in an emissions return period in accordance with the following formula:

  A × C = E

  where—

  A

  is the area, in hectares, of land in the sub-area

  C

  is the figure for carbon stock per hectare from table 1 or 2 in Schedule 4 that reflects—

  • (a) the forest type cleared from the sub-area; and

  • (b) the age of the trees cleared; and

  • (c) if the forest type is Pinus radiata, the region in which the sub-area is located

  E

  is the emissions in tonnes of carbon dioxide from the deforestation of the sub-area.

  (2) Application of the tables in Schedule 4 is subject to—

  • (a) the rules in regulation 16; and

  • (b) section 186 of the Act, which provides special rules where the trees cleared from pre-1990 forest land are 8 years old or younger.

  (3) An emissions return submitted by a pre-1990 forest land participant must record the participant's total emissions from deforestation for the emissions return period determined by adding together the emissions from each sub-area, as calculated under subclause (1).