The fees prescribed by these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1984.

The rents and royalties payable under these regulations are exclusive of goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1984.

A regional council may, in accordance with section 36 of the Act, fix a charge or require the payment of an additional charge in respect of any application for a resource consent to carry out a restricted coastal activity, to recover the appropriate proportion of its actual and reasonable costs associated with the servicing of a hearing committee set up under section 117 of the Act to consider any such application, including any investigations or reports commissioned by the regional council to ensure adequate information is available to allow the committee to make its recommendation.

A regional council may, in accordance with section 36 of the Act, fix a charge or an additional charge to recover from the holder of a resource consent for a restricted coastal activity the appropriate proportion of the regional council’s actual and reasonable costs incurred in connection with any monitoring and supervision of that resource consent by the regional council in carrying out its responsibilities under the Act or in accordance with any conditions to which the resource consent is subject.

The holder of every—

which provides for or prescribes the rate at which rents or royalties are to be paid, shall continue to pay rents and royalties at the same rates and in the same manner so provided or prescribed.

The persons or bodies entitled to receive payments of rents and royalties referred to in subclause (1) immediately before the commencement of the Act shall continue to be entitled to receive such payments.

This regulation applies to every permit, licence, or other authorisation, being—

that enables the holder to occupy, within the meaning of section 12(4) of the Act, any common marine and coastal area.

Where any permit, licence, or other authorisation to which this regulation applies—

the holder of that permit, licence, or other authorisation shall, from the date that the review takes effect, be liable to pay the appropriate rent specified in, or determined in accordance with, Schedule 2 and subclauses (2) to (4) of regulation 8 shall apply in relation to that rent.

This regulation applies to every coastal permit that enables the holder to remove any sand, shingle, shell, or other natural material, within the meaning of section 12(4) of the Act, from any common marine and coastal area.

Where any permit to which this regulation applies—

the holder of that permit shall, from the date that the review takes effect, be liable to pay a royalty of $1.70 per cubic metre of sand, shingle, shell, or other natural material so removed and subclauses (2) to (4) of regulation 9 shall apply in relation to that royalty.

Where regulation 7A or regulation 7B applies in relation to the review by a regional council of any charge or fee, the regional council may, in accordance with section 36 of the Act, fix a charge or an additional charge to recover the regional council’s actual and reasonable costs for carrying out its functions in relation to the administering, monitoring, and supervision of the permit, licence, or other authorisation.

Where, on an application made or received under any of sections 88, 389, 393, or 397 of the Act or regulation 2 of the Resource Management (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1991 (SR 1991/174) (as amended by regulation 17 of these regulations), a coastal permit is granted for any commercial or non-commercial activity which enables the holder to occupy, within the meaning of section 12(4) of the Act, any common marine and coastal area, the holder of that permit shall, from the commencement date of that permit, be liable to pay the appropriate rent specified in or determined in accordance with Schedule 2.

The rent shall be payable in advance—

Any payment of rent made to a regional council under this regulation shall be the property of the Crown and shall be collected and paid in accordance with section 359 of the Act.

The Minister for the Environment may refund or remit all or such proportion of any rent, either generally or in any particular case, as the Minister thinks fit.

Where, on an application made or received under any of sections 88, 389, 393, or 397 of the Act or regulation 2 of the Resource Management (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1991 (SR 1991/174) (as amended by regulation 17 of these regulations), a coastal permit is granted which enables the holder to remove any sand, shingle, or other natural material, within the meaning of section 12(4) of the Act, from any common marine and coastal area, the holder of that permit shall, from the commencement date of that permit, be liable to pay a royalty of $1.70 per cubic metre of sand, shingle, or other natural material so removed.

The royalty shall be payable in arrears—

Any payment of royalty made to a regional council under this regulation shall be the property of the Crown and shall be collected and paid in accordance with section 359 of the Act.

The Minister for the Environment may refund or remit all or such proportion of any royalty, either generally or in any particular case, as the Minister thinks fit.

This Part shall apply only in respect of geothermal water having a temperature exceeding 70° Celsius.

Every holder of a water permit deemed to have been granted under section 387 of the Act authorising the taking, tapping, use, or application of geothermal energy, that is in force immediately before the date of commencement of the Act, shall pay to the appropriate consent authority any rental that is payable under a licence granted under the Geothermal Energy Act 1953 upon the same terms and conditions as may be fixed by the licence or prescribed by regulations made under that Act.

Every holder of a water permit or coastal permit granted in respect of an application for a licence under the Geothermal Energy Act 1953, by virtue of the operation of section 389 of the Act, shall pay to the appropriate consent authority the rental at the appropriate rate that would have been specified had the Act not been enacted.

Notwithstanding regulations 11 and 12, the Minister for the Environment may refund or remit all or such proportion of any rental, either generally or in any particular case, as the Minister thinks fit.

All refunds or remissions of any rentals made under regulation 14B(5) of the Geothermal Energy Regulations 1961 shall remain in effect as if the Act had not been enacted.

During the period commencing on 1 October 1991 and ending with 30 September 1996, section 387(4) of the Act shall be read as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph (a):

From 1 October 1991, section 10(1)(a) of the Geothermal Energy Act 1953 (as substituted by section 3(1) of the Geothermal Energy Amendment Act 1977) shall continue to apply in respect of the holder of any coastal permit or water permit granted under Part 6 of the Act involving the use of geothermal energy:

The holder of any coastal permit or water permit granted under Part 6 of the Act involving the use of geothermal energy to whom subclause (1) does not apply shall pay a royalty at the appropriate rate specified in Schedule 3.

The royalty shall be payable in arrears at such intervals as the Minister for the Environment determines from time to time.

The royalty shall be calculated in accordance with the results of a bore inspection by an Inspector appointed under the Geothermal Energy Act 1953, and those results shall be presumed to be accurate in the absence of proof to the contrary.

The value of the royalty so calculated shall remain effective until such time as an Inspector reinspects the bore and finds change has occurred, whereupon the royalty shall be amended with effect from the commencement of the then current instalment period.

The Minister for the Environment may refund or remit all or such proportion of any royalty, either generally or in any particular case, as the Minister thinks fit.

All payments of rentals and royalties made to a consent authority under this Part shall be the property of the Crown and shall be collected and paid in accordance with section 359 of the Act.