Crown Minerals (Minerals Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025
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Crown Minerals (Minerals Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 25th day of August 2025
Present:
The Right Hon Christopher Luxon presiding in Council
These regulations are made under section 105(1) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Crown Minerals (Minerals Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 25 September 2025.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Crown Minerals (Minerals Fees) Regulations 2016.
4 Regulation 11 amended (Annual fee payable under onshore mining permit)
After regulation 11(2), insert:
(3)
The annual fee payable under a Tier 3 permit is $1,000.
5 Schedule 2 amended
(1)
In Schedule 2, after the item relating to an application for a mining permit Tier 2, insert:
| Application for Tier 3 permit | 2,420 |
(2)
In Schedule 2, item relating to an application under section 36 of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, after “permit”
, insert “but excluding an application relating to a Tier 3 permit”
.
(3)
In Schedule 2, after the item relating to an application under section 36 of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, insert:
| Application under section 36 of the Act relating to a Tier 3 permit | 1,452 |
(4)
In Schedule 2, item relating to an application under section 41, 41AC, 41A, 41B, or 41C of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, replace the item in the first column with:
| Application under section 41AC or 41B of the Act |
(5)
In Schedule 2, after the last item, insert:
| Application under section 41 or 41C of the Act, or notification under section 41AG or 41A of the Act (excluding an application or notification relating to a Tier 3 permit) | 2,200 | |
| Application under section 41 or 41C of the Act, or notification under section 41AG or 41A of the Act, relating to a Tier 3 permit | 1,064 |
Rachel Hayward,
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 25 September 2025, amend the Crown Minerals (Minerals Fees) Regulations 2016. They prescribe fees for Tier 3 permits, a new type of gold mining permit provided for in the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2025 (the amendment Act).
These regulations—
set out the annual fee payable under a Tier 3 permit and the fees payable for certain other applications and notifications in relation to Tier 3 permits; and
amend regulations that relate to the fees associated with other applications and notifications to clarify that those fees do not relate to Tier 3 permit applications; and
set out the fee for notifications under section 41AG of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 (inserted by the amendment Act).
Regulatory impact statement
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment produced a regulatory impact statement on 20 March 2025 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
Date of notification in Gazette: 28 August 2025.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
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Crown Minerals (Minerals Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025
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