2013/379
Climate Change (General Exemptions) Amendment Order (No 2) 2013
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 9th day of September 2013
Present:
The Right Hon John Key presiding in Council
Martin Bell,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order amends the Climate Change (General Exemptions) Order 2009. Clauses 5 and 6(1) and (3) come into force on 10 October 2013, while the rest of the order comes into force on 1 January 2014. The effect of the amendments is to—
set an exemption for the activity of using specified liquid hydrocarbons, as described by subpart 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 (the Act). The exemption applies if a person who carries out that activity does not exceed a threshold of using 1 500 tonnes per annum of specified liquid hydrocarbons:
set an exemption for the activity of producing iron or steel, as described by subpart 1 of Part 4 of Schedule 3 of the Act. The exemption applies if a person who carries out the activity does not exceed a threshold of 100 tonnes per annum of carbon contained in materials added to metals for the purpose of producing iron or steel.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 12 September 2013.
This order is administered by the Ministry for the Environment.