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Climate Change (Emissions Trading Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/185) – New Zealand Legislation
These regulations are made under sections 163, 168, 233, 245, and 246 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002—
for Parts 1 and 2 of these regulations, on the recommendation of the Minister for Climate Change tendered after—
having had regard to New Zealand’s international obligations (if any) in respect of the collection of data and information relating to, and the measurement of, emissions and removals from the relevant activity; and
having complied with the requirements specified in section 166 of that Act; and
for Part 3 of these regulations, on the recommendation of the Minister for Climate Change tendered after—
having complied with the requirements specified in section 247 of that Act.
3 Amendments to Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009
4 Regulations 7D to 7F and cross-heading above regulation 7D revoked
5 New regulations 7D to 7F and cross-heading inserted
Production of liquid carbon dioxide for export
7E Collection of information for purpose of calculating removals from producing liquid carbon dioxide for export
7F Method of calculating removals by exporting liquid carbon dioxide
6 Amendments to Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009
8 Schedule 2A amended
Amendments to Climate Change (Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levies) Regulations 2013
9 Amendments to Climate Change (Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levies) Regulations 2013
10 Regulation 10 replaced (Price of carbon)
Schedule 2A amended
These regulations are the Climate Change (Emissions Trading Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2018.
Regulations 4 and 8 are deemed to have come into force on 1 January 2018.
The rest of these regulations come into force on 1 January 2019.
Part 1 Amendments to Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009
This Part amends the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009.
Revoke regulations 7D to 7F and the cross-heading above regulation 7D.
the embedding activity carried out by the person is producing liquid carbon dioxide that is exported.
the total number of tonnes of liquid carbon dioxide exported in that year that was produced by the person; and
if the person wishes to submit a return for a period other than a year under section 66 of the Act, the total number of tonnes of liquid carbon dioxide exported in the other period that was produced by the person.
Removals in relation to liquid carbon dioxide exported by the person in the year or other period covered by an emissions return must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
R = A x 1
is the total number of tonnes of liquid carbon dioxide produced by the person covered by the emissions return, as recorded under regulation 7E
is the removals in tonnes from the exportation of liquid carbon dioxide for the year or other return period covered by the emissions return.
Part 2 Amendments to Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009
This Part amends the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009.
In Schedule 2, table 7, replace the item relating to used tyres with:
Used tyres 61.13 tCO2e/TJ
In Schedule 2, replace table 10 with:
Cheal 57.71 tCO2e/TJ
Kapuni LTS 85.19 tCO2e/TJ
Kupe 53.28 tCO2e/TJ
McKee 54.46 tCO2e/TJ
Mangahewa 54.73 tCO2e/TJ
Maui 52.32 tCO2e/TJ
Pohokura 54.40 tCO2e/TJ
Sidewinder 52.89 tCO2e/TJ
Waihapa 57.26 tCO2e/TJ
National average 53.96 tCO2e/TJ
In Schedule 2A, table 2, replace the item relating to R448A with the item set out in Schedule 1 of these regulations.
Part 3 Amendments to Climate Change (Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levies) Regulations 2013
This Part amends the Climate Change (Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levies) Regulations 2013.
In Schedule 1, seventh column, replace the amounts set out in the first column of the following table with the amounts set out in the second column:
12.63 17.06
16.85 22.74
84.23 113.71
Schedule 1 Schedule 2A amended
Class HFC-23 HFC-32 HFC-125 HFC-134a HFC-143a HFC-152a PFC-218 Other gas GWP figure for class
51F Per item HFC-134a 1430 0.400 11.37
8418.69.00 31F Per item HFC-134a 1430 0.400 11.37
8418.69.00 33B Per item R404A 3922 0.600 46.78
8479.89.00 45E Per item HFC-134a 1430 0.150 4.26
These regulations make changes to 3 sets of regulations made under the Climate Change Response Act 1992 (the Act) to update and clarify certain matters underpinning New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme.
Part 1 (regulations 3 to 5) amends the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009. The amendments—
revoke regulations 7D to 7F, which prescribe requirements in relation to collecting information about, and calculating removals of, natural gasoline. The amendment is deemed to have come into force on 1 January 2018 (as contemplated by section 163(3) of the Act):
insert new regulations 7D to 7F, which come into force on 1 January 2019, and prescribe requirements in relation to collecting information about, and calculating removals of, liquid carbon dioxide.
Part 2 (regulations 6 to 8) amends the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009. The amendments—
update the default emissions factors prescribed in table 7 of Schedule 2 for combusting used tyres for energy (see regulation 7(1)):
replace table 10 of Schedule 2, which relates to the emissions factors for gas fields, to reflect changes in greenhouse gas emissions associated with natural gas use (see regulation 7(2)):
increase the global warming potential figure prescribed in table 2 of Schedule 2A for R448A (see regulation 8).
The amendments in regulation 7 come into force on 1 January 2019 and the amendment in regulation 8 is deemed to have come into force on 1 January 2018 (as contemplated by section 163(3) of the Act).
Part 3, which comes into force on 1 January 2019, amends the Climate Change (Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levies) Regulations 2013, which relate to the synthetic greenhouse gas levy imposed by section 227 of the Act. The amendments—
replace regulation 10, which specifies the price of carbon, to specify the price for the 2019 levy year; and
update Schedule 1, which prescribes levy rates for leviable motor vehicles, to prescribe new levy rates; and
replace Schedule 2, which prescribes levy rates for leviable goods, to prescribe new levy rates and expand the class of leviable goods specified in item 14 to include water coolers containing synthetic greenhouse gas HFC134a to ensure that imports of these goods are consistent with the emissions pricing of other imports of goods containing synthetic greenhouse gases.
The Ministry for the Environment produced a regulatory impact assessment on 7 September 2018 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact assessment can be found at http://www.mfe.govt.nz/climate-change/new-zealand-emissions-trading-scheme/legislative-and-regulatory-changes/regulatory-7