These regulations are the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Reclamation Fees Regulations 2012.

These regulations come into force on 18 January 2013.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

A person who makes an application under section 35 of the Act is liable to pay—

• (a) a fee of $3,100; and

• (b) a valuation services fee calculated in accordance with regulation 10.

A person who makes an application under section 38(3) of the Act is liable to pay a fee of $570.

An applicant referred to in section 39(1) of the Act (in whom an interest is to be vested under that subsection) is liable to pay—

• (a) a fee of $2,840 in the case of a freehold interest:

• (b) a fee of $2,140 in the case of a lesser interest.

A person who makes an application under section 40(1) of the Act is liable to pay a fee of $1,360.

(1) A customary marine title group that makes an application under section 43 of the Act is liable to pay—

• (a) a fee of $2,245; and

• (b) a valuation services fee calculated in accordance with regulation 10.

(2) A customary marine title group referred to in section 43(5) of the Act (in which an interest is to be vested under that subsection) is liable to pay—

• (a) a fee of $2,840 in the case of a freehold interest:

• (b) a fee of $2,140 in the case of a lesser interest.

A proprietor of a freehold interest who makes a request under section 44(3) of the Act is liable to pay a fee of $280.

(1) A valuation services fee payable under regulation 4(b) or 8(1)(b) is the fee specified in a quotation from a registered valuer and based on multiplying the hourly rate referred to in subclause (2)(b) by the valuer's reasonable estimate of the number of hours required to provide the valuation services.

(2) Land Information New Zealand must,—

• (a) after receiving an application under section 35 or 43 of the Act, ask a registered valuer to provide a quotation for the purposes of subclause (1); and

• (b) before making a request under paragraph (a), be satisfied that the registered valuer's hourly rate is reasonable after taking into account the complexity of the valuation, the nature of the land, hourly rates charged in comparable situations of which Land Information New Zealand is aware, and other matters that Land Information New Zealand thinks relevant.

(3) Land Information New Zealand must,—

• (a) after it receives the valuer's quotation, send a copy of the quotation to the applicant; and

• (b) ask the applicant to confirm whether the applicant, after taking into account the quotation, still wants to proceed with the application under section 35 or 43 of the Act; and

• (c) send an invoice for the fee calculated under subclause (1) to the applicant if the applicant confirms that the applicant still wants to so proceed.

(4) A valuation services fee is not payable under regulation 4(b) or 8(1)(b) if the applicant notifies Land Information New Zealand under subclause (3)(b) that the applicant does not want to proceed with the application.

(5) In this regulation, applicant means the person or the customary marine title group that makes the application under section 35 or 43 of the Act.

(1) A fee under regulation 4(a), 5, 7, 8(1)(a), or 9 is payable on the making of the application or request.

(2) A fee under regulation 4(b) or 8(1)(b) is payable within 20 working days after the date of the invoice that is sent under regulation 10(3)(c).

(3) A fee under regulation 6 or 8(2) is payable before the notice is published in the Gazette under section 39(1) or 43(5) of the Act (as the case may be).

The fees payable under these regulations must be paid to Land Information New Zealand.

The fees payable under these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax.

(1) This regulation applies if—

• (a) a person or customary marine title group makes an application under section 35 or 43 of the Act before 18 January 2013 but the consideration and processing of that application is to be completed after that date; and

• (b) that person or customary marine title group confirms to Land Information New Zealand, after that date, that the person or group still wants to proceed with the application under section 35 or 43 of the Act.

(2) Despite regulation 11(1), the person or customary marine title group is liable to pay the fee under regulation 4(a) or 8(1)(a) within 20 working days after the date on which the person or group gives the confirmation under subclause (1)(b).

(3) The person or customary marine title group is also liable to pay a fee under regulation 4(b) or 8(1)(b) in accordance with regulations 10 and 11(2).