Supplementary Order Paper No 232 (released 01 September 2008)

Supplementary Order Paper by clause reference

Clause 6(19)

New section 4(3A): to insert the following subsection after subsection (3) (after line 8 on page 27):

  • (3A) For the purposes of the definition of dispose, a deposit of waste is short-term if, not later than 6 months after the deposit (or any later time that the chief executive has agreed to in writing), the waste is—

    • (a) reused or recycled; or

    • (b) recovered; or

    • (c) removed from the land for any other reason.

New section 4(4): to omit this subsection (lines 9 to 20 on page 27) and substitute the following subsection:

  • (4) Pre-1990 forest land, in respect of which conversion to land that is not forest land had commenced prior to 31 December 2007, is to be treated as deforested on 31 December 2007 if, on that date, the land had—

    • (a) no standing exotic forest species (dead or alive), other than a strip of standing exotic forest species that had, or was likely at maturity to have, tree crown cover of an average width of less than 30 metres; and

    • (b) no other merchantable timber from exotic forest species.