Information document: New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Draft Forestry Allocation Plan and Deforestation Exemption Policies for Pre-1990 Forest Land
Verification and Checking Applications
The Government reserves the right to undertake verification and checking of allocation and exemption applications (which may include field verification via a compliance audit process) at any time before or after the Final Determination and the transfer of NZUs, or the granting of an exemption.
Information to be Retained by Applicants
Applicants must keep copies of all information required to generate the shapefile and the schedule of the pre-1990 forest area by age, as part of their allocation application, and copies of the information submitted with the application for a minimum of seven years.
Any applicants that are found to have provided misleading or inaccurate information may be subject to penalties under the Act, required to return some or all of the NZUs they were given, or have their land’s exempt status revoked.
Contact for Enquiries
Emissions Trading Scheme
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 1127
Wellington
Or call us on 0800 CLIMATE (254 628)
