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When you’ll be charged for our ETS services

Service

Initial fee (includes GST)

If more processing time is needed (includes GST)

Application to register in the ETS with post-1989 forest land

$562.22 for the first 4.25 hours

$132.88 per hour

Application for an emissions ruling

$470.00 for the first 4 hours

$117.50 per hour or part hour

Processing an emissions return

$102.22 for the first 45 minutes

$132.88 per hour

Adding 1 or more carbon accounting areas to forest land in the ETS

$102.22 for the first 45 minutes

$132.88 per hour

Transferring ETS participation to another party (for example, when selling or inheriting land or when a registered forestry right or lease changes or expires)

$102.22 for the first 45 minutes

$132.88 per hour

Processing an application to deregister from the ETS and remove all carbon accounting areas (includes processing an emissions return)

$102.22 for the first 4.25 hours

$132.88 per hour

Travel

Cost

If MPI staff have to travel to your land to confirm its status in the ETS

$132.88 an hour, plus any other travel-related costs, if applicable.

Note: Exceptions apply to all services. We may waive or refund fees in some circumstances.

When you won’t be charged for ETS services

You won’t be charged for these transactions relating to deforesting pre-1990 forest land:

  • notifying us about pre-1990 forest land deforestation
  • applying for an exemption to deforest pre-1990 forest land without ETS liabilities, including tree weeds established before 1990
  • applying to offset pre-1990 forest land deforestation by planting another forest.

Fee waivers and refunds

In some circumstances, we may waive or refund fees for a service. These circumstances may include:

  • if you made an obvious mistake, for example, if you submitted multiple applications instead of one. We fully refund the fee paid in error.
  • if we incorrectly charged a fee or overcharged you. We refund the amount that was incorrectly charged or overcharged.
  • if you withdraw an application before we complete our initial assessment. We take the time we already spent processing the application into account when we calculate the refund.
  • when an application is not formally accepted, and you made a payment in anticipation of it being accepted. Your submitted information is only considered as an application once it is correct and complete. If you decide to withdraw the application, or we find that we cannot accept the application, you can apply for a refund. We take the time we already spent processing the application into account when we calculate the refund.

To discuss a situation not covered here, email climatechange@mpi.govt.nz

We carefully consider the circumstances of each application to waive or refund fees. These applications are processed consistently and fairly. In general, we provide a refund when the value of the refund exceeds the costs of processing that refund. Refunds based on an hourly rate are calculated to the nearest 15-minute interval.

How to request a fee waiver or refund

Fee waivers and refunds must be requested by the person who paid the fee. We cannot consider requests from anyone else.

Requests for fee waivers or refunds must be in writing. Email your request to climatechange@mpi.govt.nz

Or you can post your request to:

Emissions Trading Scheme
Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 1127
Wellington 6140.

Once we have considered your application, we’ll let you know our decision in writing. We will include the reason for our decision.

ETS compliance charges

If you don’t meet your ETS responsibilities, you may receive a penalty or an infringement notice.

Find out when penalties apply

Read about infringements in the ETS

Find out more

Registering in the ETS with post-1989 forest land

Reporting your carbon stock – emissions returns

Adding or removing ETS forest land

Buying, selling, or transferring ETS forest land

Who to contact

If you have questions about fees and charges for forestry in the ETS:

MPI business units