Checking for alerts... Loading...

Ministry of Energy Amendment Act 1988

Public Act		1988 No 134
Date of assent		30 July 1988

	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Electricity levies
3	Gas levies
4	Petroleum fuels monitoring levy
5	Transitional provisions
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Ministry of Energy Act 1977

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Energy Amendment Act 1988, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Ministry of Energy Act 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

(2)

This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of August 1988.

2 Electricity levies

(1)

Section 15j of the principal Act (as inserted by section 3(1) of the Ministry of Energy Amendment Act 1987) is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsection:

“(2)

Not later than 30 days after the last days of March, June, September, and December in each year, every person or body who or which generates electricity for sale (including the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited) shall supply the Secretary with a true and accurate return of all electricity sold from such generation during the immediately preceding period of 3 months ended with the said last days of March, June, September, and December, respectively, together with the levy calculated in accordance with this section:

“Provided that any person or body who or which has sold from such generation less than 500 megawatt hours of electricity during any such period need not supply a return nor pay any levy.”

(2)

Section 15j(3) of the principal Act (as so inserted) is hereby amended by omitting the words “period of 12 months”, and substituting the words “periods of 3 months”.

(3)

The said section 15j (as so inserted) is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:

“(4)

All electricity measurements made for the purpose of supplying a return and calculating the levy payable under this section shall be made in such manner and by the use of such methods as may be approved by the Secretary.”

3 Gas levies

(1)

Section 15k of the principal Act (as so inserted) is hereby amended by repealing subsection (3), and substituting the following subsection:

“(3)

Not later than 30 days after the last days of March, June, September, and December in each year—

“(a)

Every person or body who or which sells piped gas to a franchise holder; and

“(b)

Every person or body who or which sells piped gas directly to a consumer otherwise than pursuant to a franchise, whether authorised to do so under the Gas Act 1982 or any other Act; and

“(c)

Every franchise holder who sells piped gas which is not subject to a levy pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subsection—

shall supply the Secretary with true and accurate returns of the energy content of all such gas that has been so sold during the immediately preceding period of 3 months ended with the said last days of March, June, September, and December, respectively, together with the levy calculated in accordance with this section.”

(2)

Section 15k(4) of the principal Act (as so inserted) is hereby amended by omitting the words “period of 12 months”, and substituting the words “periods of 3 months”.

4 Petroleum fuels monitoring levy

The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 15k (as so inserted), the following section:

“15ka

“(1)

In this section—

“‘Diesel’ means a refined petroleum distillate having a viscosity and distillation range intermediate between those of kerosene and light lubricating oil, whether or not it contains additives, intended for use as a fuel in internal combustion engines ignited by compression:

“‘Petrol’ means a refined petroleum distillate normally boiling within the limits of 15 degrees Celsius to 220 degrees Celsius, whether or not it contains additives, intended for use as a fuel in spark-ignition internal combustion engines.

“(2)

Not later than 30 days after the last days of March, June, September, and December in each year, every person or body who or which is in the business of supplying diesel or petrol by way of wholesale sale shall supply the Secretary with true and accurate returns of all diesel and petrol that has been sold by that person or body (including diesel and petrol sold otherwise than by way of wholesale) during the immediately preceding period of 3 months ended with the said last days of March, June, September, and December, respectively, together with the levy calculated in accordance with this section.

“(3)

The levy payable on all diesel and petrol that has been so sold (whether by way of wholesale or otherwise) during the said periods of 3 months shall be 0.03 of a cent for each complete litre.”

5 Transitional provisions

(1)

In respect of electricity and gas sold during the period commencing on the 1st day of April 1988 and ending with the 30th day of September 1988, Part IIb of the principal Act (as amended by sections 2 and 3 of this Act) shall apply as if—

(a)

That period was a period of 3 months; and

(b)

The reference in the proviso to section 15j(2) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 2(1) of this Act) to 500 megawatt hours was a reference to 1,000 megawatt hours.

(2)

The provisions of Part IIb of the principal Act (as amended by section 4 of this Act) shall apply only in respect of diesel and petrol sold on and after the commencement of the said section 4.

(3)

In respect of diesel and petrol sold during the period commencing on the date of commencement of section 4 of this Act and ending with the 30th day of September 1988, Part IIb of the principal Act (as amended by the said section 4) shall apply as if that period was a period of 3 months.

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Energy.

Sort by

Ministry of Energy Amendment Act 1988