Several regulatory changes are required each year to keep the NZ ETS operating efficiently. Smelting aluminium is an eligible industrial activity under the Climate Change Response Act 2002 and the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010 because it is an emissions intensive activity and there is international trade.
Several regulatory changes are required each year to keep the NZ ETS operating efficiently. Smelting aluminium is an eligible industrial activity under the Climate Change Response Act 2002 and the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010 because it is an emissions intensive activity and there is international trade.
Cabinet paper
Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Amendment Regulations 2023 [PDF, 2.8 MB]
Cabinet minute
Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Amendment Regulations 2023 Minute
Associated briefings
Approval to issue call for data notice for New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited [PDF, 974 KB]
[Approval to issue drafting instructions for the annual update to NZAs’s allocative baseline [PDF, 7 MB]
Approval to lodge: Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Amendment Regulations 2023 [PDF, 875 KB]