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Climate change regulations

Regulations are laws made by the Governor-General, Ministers of the Crown, and certain other bodies under powers conferred by an Act of Parliament. Regulations generally deal with matters of detail or administration, or matters that are subject to frequent change.

The following regulations relating to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have now been made under the Climate Change Response Act 2002:

• Forestry regulations (NZ Legislation website)
• Liquid fossil fuel regulations - Transport (NZ Legislation website)
  • ETS Bulletin 9 - Explanatory note: Climate Change (Liquid Fossil Fuels) Regulations 2008 (Ministry for the Environment website)
  • Climate Change (Liquid Fossil Fuels) Amendment Regulations 2009 – minor and technical amendments necessary to give effect to the UEF Regulations (NZ Legislation website)
  • Further information (Ministry for the Environment website)
• Unit Register regulations (NZ Legislation website)
• Emissions Trading Scheme: Regulations for Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes sectors, Unique Emissions Factors and Other Removal Activities
  • Cabinet Decision (Ministry for the Environment website)
  • Cabinet Minute (Ministry for the Environment website)
  • Background documents
• Stationary energy and industrial processes regulations (NZ Legislation website)
  • ETS Bulletin 13 – Explanatory note: Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009 (Ministry for the Environment website)
  • Guide for stationary energy and industrial processes participants in the NZ ETS
  • Further information for stationary energy
  • Further information for industrial processes
• Climate Change (General Exemptions) Order 2009
  • ETS Bulletin 16 - Climate Change (General Exemptions) Order 2009 (Ministry for the Environment website)
• Other removal activities regulations (NZ Legislation website)
  • ETS Bulletin 14 – Explanatory note: Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009
• Unique emissions factors regulations (NZ Legislation website)
  • ETS Bulletin 15 – Explanatory note: Climate Change (Unique Emissions Factors) Regulations 2009
  • Material incorporated by reference (Ministry of Economic Development website)

Last updated: 1 April 2011

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