Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Amendment Regulations 2012
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Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Amendment Regulations 2012
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 10th day of December 2012
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to sections 163 and 168 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, His Excellency the Governor-General makes the following regulations, acting—
(a) on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b) on the recommendation of the Minister for Climate Change Issues made in accordance with the requirements of that Act.
Contents
2 Commencement and application
4 Regulation 8 amended (Threshold for exporting synthetic greenhouse gases activity)
5 Regulation 11 amended (Collection of information for calculating removals from exporting bulk synthetic greenhouse gases)
6 Regulation 13 amended (Collection of information for purpose of calculating removals from exporting synthetic greenhouse gases in pre-charged equipment)
7 Regulation 15 amended (Collection of information for purpose of calculating removals from exporting synthetic greenhouse gases in motor vehicles)
8 New regulation 9A inserted (Collection of information in relation to synthetic greenhouse gases for period in calendar year 2013)
9 New regulation 22 and cross-heading inserted
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Amendment Regulations 2012.
2 Commencement and application
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(1) Regulations 4 and 9 come into force on 1 January 2013.
(2) The rest of these regulations come into force on 1 April 2013.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009 (the principal regulations).
4 Regulation 8 amended (Threshold for exporting synthetic greenhouse gases activity)
Revoke regulation 8(1)(c).
5 Regulation 11 amended (Collection of information for calculating removals from exporting bulk synthetic greenhouse gases)
Revoke regulation 11(2).
6 Regulation 13 amended (Collection of information for purpose of calculating removals from exporting synthetic greenhouse gases in pre-charged equipment)
Revoke regulation 13(2).
7 Regulation 15 amended (Collection of information for purpose of calculating removals from exporting synthetic greenhouse gases in motor vehicles)
Revoke regulation 15(4).
8 New regulation 9A inserted (Collection of information in relation to synthetic greenhouse gases for period in calendar year 2013)
After regulation 9, insert:
“9A Collection of information in relation to synthetic greenhouse gases for period in calendar year 2013
If the person is required to collect and record information under regulations 11, 13, and 15 in the year beginning on 1 January 2013 and ending with the close of 31 December 2013, the information must relate to that period.”
9 New regulation 22 and cross-heading inserted
After regulation 21, insert:
“Criteria for registering as participant in relation to hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons removal activity
“22 Criteria for registering as participant in relation to hydrofluorocarbon and perfluorocarbon removal activity
A person who exports or destroys hydrofluorocarbons or perfluorocarbons may register as a participant in relation to an activity listed in subpart 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 of the Act if—
“(a) the person is the manager of a product stewardship scheme accredited under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008; or
“(b) the hydrofluorocarbon or perfluorocarbon that is the subject of the activity or goods that contain the hydrofluorocarbon or perfluorocarbon that is the subject of the activity were imported on or after 1 January 2013.”
Schedule |
Table 1
Figures for synthetic greenhouse gases
| Gas | Chemical formula |
GWP figure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrofluorocarbons | ||||
| HFC-23 | CHF3 | 14 800 | ||
| HFC-32 | CH2F2 | 675 | ||
| HFC-41 | CH3F | 92 | ||
| HFC-125 | CHF2CF3 | 3 500 | ||
| HFC-134 | CHF2CHF2 | 1 100 | ||
| HFC-134a | CH2FCF3 | 1 430 | ||
| HFC-143 | CH2FCHF2 | 353 | ||
| HFC-143a | CH3CF3 | 4 470 | ||
| HFC-152 | CH2FCH2F | 53 | ||
| HFC-152a | CH3CHF2 | 124 | ||
| HFC-161 | CH3CH2F | 12 | ||
| HFC-227ea | CF3CHFCF3 | 3 220 | ||
| HFC-236cb | CH2FCF2CF3 | 1 340 | ||
| HFC-236ea | CHF2CHFCF3 | 1 370 | ||
| HFC-236fa | CF3CH2CF3 | 9 810 | ||
| HFC-245ca | CH2FCF2CHF2 | 693 | ||
| HFC-245fa | CHF2CH2CF3 | 1 030 | ||
| HFC-365mfc | CH3CF2CH2CF3 | 794 | ||
| HFC-43-10mee | CF3CHFCHFCF2CF3 | 1 640 | ||
| Perfluorocarbons | ||||
| PFC-14 (perfluoromethane) | CF4 | 7 390 | ||
| PFC-116 (perfluoroethane) | C2F6 | 12 200 | ||
| PFC-218 (perfluoropropane) | C3F8 | 8 830 | ||
| PFC-318 (perfluorocyclobutane) | c-C4F8 | 10 300 | ||
| PFC-3-1-10 (perfluorobutane) | C4F10 | 8 860 | ||
| PFC-4-1-12 (perfluoropentane) | C5F12 | 9 160 | ||
| PFC-5-1-14 (perfluorohexane) | C6F14 | 9 300 | ||
| PFC-9-1-18 | C10F18 | 7 500 |
Table 2
GWP figures for classes of hydrofluorocarbons or perfluorocarbons
| Class | Type of hydrofluorocarbon |
Type of perfluo- rocarbon |
Other gas |
GWP figure for class |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HFC-23 | HFC-32 | HFC-125 | HFC-134a | HFC-143a | HFC-152a | PFC-218 | ||||||||||||
| GWP | 14 800 | 675 | 3 500 | 1 430 | 4 470 | 124 | 8 830 | 0 | ||||||||||
| R23 | 100% | 14 800 | ||||||||||||||||
| R134a | 100% | 1 430 | ||||||||||||||||
| R403B: 5% R290, 56% R22, 39% R218 | 39% | 61% | 3 440 | |||||||||||||||
| R404A: 44% R125, 52% R143a, 4% R134a | 44% | 4% | 52% | 3 920 | ||||||||||||||
| R407C: 23% R32, 25% R125, 52% R134a | 23% | 25% | 52% | 1 770 | ||||||||||||||
| R408A: 7% R125, 46% R143a, 47% R22 | 7% | 46% | 47% | 2 300 | ||||||||||||||
| R410A: 50% R32, 50% R125 | 50% | 50% | 2 090 | |||||||||||||||
| R413A: 9% R218, 88% R134a, 3% R600a | 88% | 9% | 3% | 2 050 | ||||||||||||||
| R416A: 59% R134a, 39.5% R124, 1.5% R600 | 59% | 41% | 840 | |||||||||||||||
| R417A: 46.6% R125, 50% R134a, 3.4% R600 | 46.6% | 50% | 3.4% | 2 350 | ||||||||||||||
| R422A: 85.1% R125, 11.5% R134a, 3.4% R600a | 85.1% | 11.5% | 3.4% | 3 140 | ||||||||||||||
| R507A: 50% R125, 50% R143a | 50% | 50% | 3 980 | |||||||||||||||
Michael Webster,
for 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 amend the Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Regulations 2009 (the principal regulations). Regulations 4 and 9 of these regulations come into force on 1 January 2013. The rest of the regulations come into force on 1 April 2013.
Regulations 4 to 7 revoke provisions of regulations 8, 11, 13, and 15 of the principal regulations to reflect the removal of the exemption for HFC-245fa and HFC-365mfc effected by the Climate Change (General Exemptions) Amendment Order (No 2) 2012. The amendments to regulations 11, 13, and 15 mean that a participant in relation to some synthetic greenhouse gas removal activities will have to collect and record information about HFC245fa and HFC-365mfc. Regulation 8 inserts new regulation 9A, which provides that, in the first year in which the person is required to collect and record information under regulations 11, 13, and 15, the information must relate to the period beginning on 1 January 2013 and ending with the close of 31 December 2013.
Regulation 9 inserts new regulation 22, which prescribes criteria for registering as a participant in relation to hydrofluorocarbon and perfluorocarbon removal activity. Regulation 10 replaces tables 1 and 2 in the Schedule of the principal regulations to update the global warming potential figures for synthetic greenhouse gases in line with the figures in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fourth Assessment Report.
Date of notification in Gazette: 13 December 2012.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.
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Climate Change (Other Removal Activities) Amendment Regulations 2012
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