Public consultation on a discussion document, exploring a wide range of issues and options, concluded at the end of January 2020, and 167 submissions were received.
Review of Crown Minerals Act 1991 consultation and discussion document
Decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure and other changes
The Government made changes to strengthen the regulatory framework for decommissioning petroleum infrastructure under the Crown Minerals Act 1991 (CMA) through the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Act, which was passed in November 2021.
This strengthened the CMA’s provisions to help mitigate the risk to the Crown and other third parties of potentially having to undertake and fund decommissioning in the future, and to expand its current enforcement.
Further information about the decommissioning changes is available here:(external link)
Crown Minerals Act Law Changes(external link) — New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals