New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
Reprint as at 5 December 2011
(SR 2008/355)
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
At Wellington this 29th day of September 2008
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Pursuant to sections 163, 167, and 168 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
7 EPA may issue guidelines or standards
8A Waivers and refunds for fees and charges
10 Notification of status of forest land
11 Registrar to record notices in relation to status of forest land
13 Applications for exemptions for pre-1990 forest land under section 183
Pre-1990 forest land participants
14 Collection of information by pre-1990 forest land participants
15 Method of calculating emissions for deforestation of pre-1990 forest land
16 Rules for application of tables in Schedule 4
17 Emissions returns in relation to deforestation of pre-1990 forest land
Post-1989 forest land participants
18 Mapping information for post-1989 forest land
19 Collection of information by post-1989 forest land participants
20 Calculation of carbon stock changes by post-1989 forest land participants
20A Calculation of carbon stock changes when new carbon accounting area is constituted from post-1989 forest land from another carbon accounting area
21 Calculation of carbon stock
22 Rules for application of tables in Schedule 6 or participant-specific tables
22A Assignment of forest class
22B Field measurement-based assessment process
22C Allocation of permanent sample plots
22D Production of participant-specific tables
22E Use of participant-specific tables
22F Application for allocation of new permanent sample plots
22G Rules to apply if FMA participant's registered post-1989 forest land is reduced but remains 100 or more hectares
22H Rules to apply if FMA participant's registered post-1989 forest land is reduced below 100 hectares
22I Reconfiguration of registered post-1989 forest land
22J Rules to apply if FMA participant's registered post-1989 forest land is 100 hectares or more and is increased
22K Permanent waivers in relation to requirement to establish permanent sample plots
22L Waivers in relation to use of participant-specific tables
22M Cost recovery for assessment under section 121 of Act
23 Designation of certain trees as tree weeds
24 Applications for declarations of exempt land
25 Further information required in relation to application
26 Information required in relation to land under statutory protection or control
27 Information required in relation to land within or near legally protected area
28 Other documentation to be included with application
Schedule 2
Fees and charges payable for applications and other matters relating to post-1989 forest land
Schedule 4
Tables of carbon stock per hectare for pre-1990 forest land
Schedule 5
Geospatial mapping information that must be submitted to EPA with specified documents
Schedule 6
Tables of carbon stock per hectare for post-1989 forest land
