These regulations are made under sections 167 and 168 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal regulations
4	Regulation 15 amended (Fees and charges)
5	Regulation 68 amended (FMA participant requests participant-specific tables)
6	Schedule 6 amended
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Climate Change (Forestry) Amendment Regulations 2022.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 12 January 2023.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Climate Change (Forestry) Regulations 2022.

4 Regulation 15 amended (Fees and charges)

In regulation 15(3)(a), after “application”, insert “or request”.

5 Regulation 68 amended (FMA participant requests participant-specific tables)

After regulation 68(2)(b), insert:

(c)

be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

6 Schedule 6 amended

In Schedule 6, replace the table with:

Matter for which fee or charge is payable		Fee or charge payable	Fee or charge payable by
1 Application for registration as participant under section 57 of Act for activity of standard forestry in relation to post-1989 forest land, where the land is the following size:	<10 ha	$488.89	Applicant
	≥10 ha and <50 ha	$1,815.00
	≥50 ha and <100 ha	$1,980.00
	≥100 ha and <500 ha	$2,640.00
	≥500 ha	$4,125.00
2 Submitting for activity of standard forestry a— (a) provisional forestry emissions return under section 183 of Act (in any year); or (b) MERP-end emissions return; or (c) final forestry emissions return under section 186B of Act (ceasing participation for part carbon accounting areas); or (d) final forestry emissions return under section 187 of Act (transmission of interest in post-1989 forest land)		$165.00	Participant
3 Travel for purpose of checking that land is post-1989 forest land		$165.00 per hour plus disbursements at actual cost	Applicant or participant
4 Application under section 182C(3) of Act to add 1 or more carbon accounting areas for activity of standard forestry, where the total size of the carbon accounting areas being added is the following:	<10 ha	$88.89	Participant
	≥10 ha and <50 ha	$1,815.00
	≥50 ha and <100 ha	$1,980.00
	≥100 ha and <500 ha	$2,640.00
	≥500 ha	$4,125.00
5 Application under section 182F(4)(a)(i) of Act to remove 1 or more carbon accounting areas for activity of standard forestry		$495.00	Participant
6 Application under section 182F(4)(a)(ii) of Act to remove post-1989 forest land from 1 or more carbon accounting areas for activity of standard forestry		$1,072.50	Participant
7 Notice under section 182F(4)(b)(i) of Act that person has ceased to carry out activity of standard forestry in respect of 1 or more carbon accounting areas		$495.00	Participant
8 Notice under section 182F(4)(b)(ii) of Act that person has ceased to carry out activity of standard forestry in respect of land in 1 or more carbon accounting areas		$1,072.50	Participant
9 Notice under section 182G(1) of Act that post-1989 forest land used for activity of standard forestry is affected by natural event or is cleared land, where the following applies:	affected or cleared land comprises 1 or more whole carbon accounting areas	$495.00	Participant
	any other case	$1,072.50	Participant
10 Notice of transmission of interest under section 187 of Act for activity of standard forestry		$990.00	Transferor
11 Request under regulation 68 for participant-specific tables		$1,980.00	Participant

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 12 January 2023, amend the Climate Change (Forestry) Regulations 2022 to change some of the fees and charges payable for matters relating to post-1989 forest land. Broadly, the changes are as follows:

for an application to register as a participant for the activity of standard forestry, the fee plus hourly charge is changed to a flat fee (with the applicable fee depending on the area of the relevant post-1989 forest land):
for the submission of various emissions returns, the fee plus hourly charge is changed to a flat fee:
for travel for the purposes of checking that land is post-1989 forest land, the fee is increased:
for an application to add 1 or more carbon accounting areas to post-1989 forest land for the activity of standard forestry, the fee plus hourly charge is changed to a flat fee (with the applicable fee depending on the area of the relevant post-1989 forest land):
for a notice of transmission of interest, the fee plus hourly charge is changed to a flat fee:
fees are introduced for—
- an application or a notice that relates to ceasing participation in the activity of standard forestry for the whole or a part of 1 or more carbon accounting areas:
- a request for participant-specific tables of carbon stock:
the fee and hourly charge for an application to reconfigure carbon accounting areas is removed.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 15 December 2022.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.

Climate Change (Forestry) Amendment Regulations 2022