Space vehicle jettison debris regulation review

List of documents:

Package one

• Cabinet paper - Reviewing regulations for space vehicle jettison debris in the Exclusive Economic Zone - 14 August 2025
• Cabinet committee minute (EXP-25-MIN-0086) - Reviewing regulations for space vehicle jettison debris in the Exclusive Economic Zone - 19 August 2025
• Cabinet minute (CAB-25-MIN-0285) - Reviewing regulations for space vehicle jettison debris in the Exclusive Economic Zone - 22 August 2025

Package two

• BRF-6401 – Aide Memoire: Options for increasing the rocket launch limit - 26 July 2025
• BRF-6058 – Cover briefing for CAB-587: Reviewing regulations for space vehicle jettison debris in the Exclusive Economic Zone - 23 July 2025
• BRF-6621 – CAB-587: Reviewing regulations for space vehicle jettison debris in the Exclusive Economic Zone - 6 August 2025
• BRF-6621 – Appendix 2: Talking points for ECO on 20 August 2025
• BRF-6717 – Space vehicle jettison debris – Next Steps - 28 August 2025
• BRF-6717 – Appendix 1: Letters to Iwi and Māori Groups
• BRF-6717 – Appendix 2: Letters to persons with existing interests
• BRF-6800 – Space vehicle jettison debris – results of the Ecological Risk Assessment - 10 September 2025
• BRF-6773 – Space vehicle jettison debris – Approval to consult - 26 September 2025
• BRF-6773 – Appendix 2: Other Existing Interests

Package three (PDF, 1.9MB) 

• Regulatory impact statement - 29 October 2025 (360KB)
• BRF-6899: Space Vehicle Jettison Debris – Policy decisions - 30 October 2025
  • Appendix 2: Section 33 and 34 of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012
  • Appendix 3: Treaty Impact Analysis
• BRF-7056: Space Vehicle Jettison Debrief – Cover Briefing for CAB-615 - 13 November 2025
  • Appendix 3: Talking Points for CAB-615
• Cabinet paper: Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects — Permitted Activities) Amendment Regulations 2025 - 27 November 2025
  • Appendix 1: Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects –
    Permitted Activities) Amendment Regulations 2025
  • Appendix 3: Assessment of Section 33 of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental
    Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012
• Cabinet Committee Minute: LEG-25-MIN-0265 - 4 December 2025
• Cabinet Minute: CAB-25-MIN-0446 - 08 December 2025