No 406
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill
Proposed amendment
David Seymour, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 8
In clause 8, replace new section 5W (page 16, lines 11 to 28) with:
5W How emissions budgets are to be met
(1)
Emissions budgets can be met through—
(a)
domestic emissions reductions and domestic removals:
(2)
In considering how emissions budgets may realistically be met, the Minister must be neutral as to whether emissions budgets are met through domestic emissions reductions and domestic removals or offshore mitigation.
5WA Order in Council to prescribe unit quality standard for meeting emissions budgets
(1)
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for the purpose of prescribing, for the purpose of meeting emissions budgets under section 5W, a quality standard for—
(2)
Any regulations made under subsection (1) must ensure that New Zealand units and approved overseas units are subject to the same quality standards.