Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Amendment Regulations 2019

2019/79

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Amendment Regulations 2019

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 15th day of April 2019

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under section 161A(1) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister for Climate Change.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Amendment Regulations 2019.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 19 April 2019.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010 (the principal regulations).

4 Regulation 7 amended (Aluminium smelting)

(1)

Replace regulation 7(4)(i) with:

(i)

5.184, which is the allocative baseline for any 2018 final allocation:

(2)

Replace regulation 7(4)(j) with:

(j)

5.381, which is the allocative baseline for any 2019 provisional allocation:

(3)

After regulation 7(4)(j), insert:

(k)

5.381, which is the allocative baseline for any 2020 provisional allocation.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 19 April 2019, amend the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010. The amendments—

  • replace the 2018 provisional allocative baseline for products produced by New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited with a final allocative baseline; and

  • amend the 2019 provisional allocative baseline for products produced by New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited; and

  • insert a 2020 provisional allocative baseline for products produced by New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 April 2019.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.