New Zealand Legislation: Supplementary Order Papers

“Part 6
“Other matters

“180 Establishment of Household Fund

• “(1) This section establishes a fund for the purpose of reducing non-transport household greenhouse gas emissions through the promotion of household energy efficiency and conservation and household renewable energy technologies (the Household Fund).

  “(2) A total of 1,000,000,000 New Zealand dollars must be paid to the Household Fund, from money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, during the period beginning on the date of commencement of this section and ending on 1 July 2024.

  “(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Household Fund may be used for purposes that include (but are not limited to) the delivery, marketing and promotion of, and provision of grants relating to—

  • “(a) household insulation and clean heat retrofits:

  • “(b) energy efficient appliances and lighting:

  • “(c) space and water heating efficiency improvements.

  “(4) The Minister—

  • “(a) must, as soon as practicable after this section comes into force, determine the criteria for the use of the Household Fund; and

  • “(b) may re-determine the criteria at any time.

  “(5) Before determining or re-determining the criteria for the use of the Household Fund, the Minister must seek and consider the advice of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority.

  “(6) When advising the Minister on the criteria for the use of the Household Fund, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority must have regard to—

  • “(a) the income and energy needs of households, including whether the householders have SuperGold cards; and

  • “(b) the cost-effectiveness of expenditure from the Household Fund in relation to the purpose of the Household Fund; and

  • “(c) any other matters that the Authority considers relevant.

  “(7) The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority must manage and administer the Household Fund in accordance with the criteria determined by the Minister.

“181 Gazetting of targets

• “(1) The Minister responsible for the administration of this Act must set a target.

  “(2) The Minister responsible for the administration of the Act may set a target, or amend or revoke an existing target, at any time.

  “(3) As soon as practicable after setting, amending, or revoking a target under this section, the Minister must—

  • “(a) publicly notify the target or revocation of the target in the Gazette; and

  • “(b) make the target or revocation of the target publicly accessible via the Internet site of the department of the chief executive responsible for the administration of this Act.

  “(4) To avoid doubt, the Gazette notice in subsection (1) may not be treated as a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 or the Acts and Regulations Publications Act 1989.

  “(5) To avoid doubt, any number of targets may be set using the process under this section.”