Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Amendment Bill Government Bill As reported from the committee of the whole House This Bill was formerly part of the Energy Safety Review Bill as reported from the Commerce Committee. The committee of the whole House divided it into the following bills: o The Electricity Amendment Bill, comprising Part 1 and Schedule 1 o The Gas Amendment Bill, comprising Part 2 o The Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill, comprising Part 3 o This Bill, comprising Part 4. Hon Harry Duynhoven Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Amendment Bill Government Bill Contents 1 Title 2 Commencement . . . . . 58 Principal Act amended 59 New section 14 substituted 14 Purpose of levies . . . . . The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 Title This Act is the Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Amendment Act 2006. 2 Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. . . . . . 58 Principal Act amended This Part amends the Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989. 59 New section 14 substituted Section 14 is repealed and the following section substituted: "14 Purpose of levies "(1) Levies recovered under this Part, except levies recovered under section 24, must be applied only for the purposes of meeting the reasonable costs and expenses of--- "(a) the inspection, monitoring, and related services to which they relate and matters incidental to those services, being--- "(i) services carried out by the Ministry under any Act or related arbitration services; or New ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "(ia) services carried out by the Department of Building and Housing under any Act or related arbitration services; or ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "(ii) services carried out by the Department of Labour under any Act or related arbitration services; and "(b) the dissemination of information concerning safety in relation to the industries to which the levies relate by the Ministry or by the Department of Labour; and "(c) the dissemination by the Ministry of information to assist consumers to choose, and alternate, between competing electricity retailers (as defined in section 2(1) of the Electricity Act 1992); and "(d) the recovery of those levies. "(2) Levies recovered under section 24 must be applied only for the purposes of meeting the reasonable costs and expenses of--- "(a) the inspection, monitoring, and related services to which they relate and matters incidental to those services, being services carried out by the Ministry under any Act or related arbitration services; and "(b) the dissemination of information concerning safety in relation to the industries to which the levies relate by the Ministry; and "(c) the recovery of those levies." . . . . . Legislative history 21 November 2006 Divided from Energy Safety Review Bill (Bill 269-2) as Bill 269-3E