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New Zealand currently has rules that require car importers to meet yearly targets for how much CO2 their vehicles produce on average. This bill makes two changes. First, it moves the job of setting those yearly targets out of the main law and into regulations, which are easier and faster to update. Second, it creates a system where car importers and people registering certain new vehicles for the first time will pay fees to cover the cost of running these rules, instead of taxpayers paying for it.
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The bill keeps the system that pushes car importers to bring in lower-emission vehicles, but lets the Government update the yearly emission targets more quickly by using regulations instead of rewriting the law each time.
enables the CVS targets for reducing CO2 emissions for 2025 onwards (currently set in the principal Act) to be set in secondary legislation
In section 167C(1)(j)(iv), replace '2027' with '2024'
Repeal section 175(1)(c) to (e)
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Bill text sourced from legislation.govt.nz (Parliamentary Counsel Office). Politika’s summary and breakdown are drafted with AI grounded in that official text and reviewed by an Politika editor for accuracy and neutrality before publishing. Politika is non-partisan and takes no position on this bill.
