Reprint as at 19 April 2019
(LI 2017/102)
Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government
At Wellington this 15th day of May 2017
Present:Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.
These regulations are made under clause 27 of Schedule 1 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017—
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
on the recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs.
These regulations are the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Regulations 2017.
These regulations come into force on 1 July 2017.
(1)
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017
EQC Act means the Earthquake Commission Act 1993
return, certificate, or declaration means a return, certificate, or statutory declaration made or provided under section 49, 49A, 49B, 50, or 51A of the Fire Service Act 1975 (as continued by clause 26 of Schedule 1 of the Act).
(2)
See also clause 24 of Schedule 1 of the Act.
The rates of the levy payable for the purposes of clause 25 of Schedule 1 of the Act are,—
for each motor vehicle, a rate of $8.45 per annum; and
for all other property, a rate of 10.6 cents per annum for every $100 of the amount for which the property is insured for the period of the contract of fire insurance.
This regulation applies to a contract of fire insurance for which the amount of levy payable to FENZ is equal to or greater than the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:
$1,000 ÷ 365 × d
where d is the number of whole days in the period of the contract.
A person who is required to make or provide a return, certificate, or declaration to FENZ in relation to the contract must also provide the specified information to FENZ with the return, certificate, or declaration.
(3)
The specified information is—
whether the contract provides insurance for—
1 or more motor vehicles; or
residential property; or
personal property; or
other property:
if the contract provides insurance for property other than motor vehicles, residential property, or personal property, the amount for which the property is insured (as determined in accordance with section 48(6)(c) and (d) of the Fire Service Act 1975):
if the contract provides insurance for property that is or includes 1 or more heavy RUC vehicles (as defined in section 5(1) of the Road User Charges Act 2012), the number of heavy RUC vehicles for which the contract provides insurance:
the amount insured (within the meaning of section 82 of the Act) of the property insured under the contract:
the date on which the insurance provided under the contract commences and the date on which the insurance ends:
the name of the policyholder (within the meaning of section 81(1) of the Act):
the amount of levy paid.
For the purposes of subpart 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act,—
the amount by which the number of dwellings in a building must be multiplied is $100,000 (see clause 28(1)(a) of Schedule 1 of the Act and section 18(1)(c) of the EQC Act):
the amount by which the area in square metres of the residential building must be multiplied is $1,000 (see clause 28(1)(b) of Schedule 1 of the Act and section 18(2) of the EQC Act):
the amount provided for in section 20(b) of the EQC Act is $20,000 (see clause 28(3) of Schedule 1 of the Act).
These regulations are revoked on the date on which sections 80 to 140 of the Act come into force in accordance with section 2(5) or (6) of the Act.
Regulation 7: replaced, on 19 April 2019, by regulation 4 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/78).
Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 18 May 2017.
This is a reprint of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Regulations 2017 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/78)