The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

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—

(a)

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

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Rates of levy
5	Information to be provided with return, certificate, or declaration
6	Amounts fixed for purposes of levy for transitional period
7	Revocation
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Regulations 2017.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 July 2017.

3 Interpretation

(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.

4 Rates of levy

The rates of the levy payable for the purposes of clause 25 of Schedule 1 of the Act are,—

(a)

for each motor vehicle, a rate of $9.53 per annum; and

(b)

for all other property, a rate of 11.95 cents per annum for every $100 of the amount for which the property is insured for the period of the contract of fire insurance.

Regulation 4(a): amended, on 1 July 2024, by regulation 4(1) of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL 2023/183).

Regulation 4(b): amended, on 1 July 2024, by regulation 4(2) of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL 2023/183).

5 Information to be provided with return, certificate, or declaration

(1)

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.

(2)

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—

(a)

whether the contract provides insurance for—

(i)

1 or more motor vehicles; or

(ii)

residential property; or

(iii)

personal property; or

(iv)

other property:

(b)

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):

(c)

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:

(d)

the amount insured (within the meaning of section 82 of the Act) of the property insured under the contract:

(e)

the date on which the insurance provided under the contract commences and the date on which the insurance ends:

(f)

the name of the policyholder (within the meaning of section 81(1) of the Act):

(g)

the amount of levy paid.

6 Amounts fixed for purposes of levy for transitional period

For the purposes of subpart 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act,—

(a)

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):

(b)

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):

(c)

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).

7 Revocation

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) 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).

Regulation 7: amended, on 1 July 2024, by regulation 5 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL 2023/183).

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 May 2017.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Regulations 2017 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SL 2023/183)

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Amendment Regulations 2019 (LI 2019/78)

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy Rates and Information Requirements in Transitional Period) Regulations 2017