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The Regulator’s Update — December 2020

Welcome to the December issue of The Regulator’s Update. In this issue: Winding down for Christmas and office hours over the break, refreshed National Plan to manage interference with permitted offshore petroleum and minerals activities, update on Tui decommissioning project, Compliance Team update, get ready to file your annual summary report (ASR) online in 2021, changes to support ASRs being filed online and we’re updating our forms.

Rejecting incomplete applications

High volumes of permit applications and limited resources mean that applications deemed incomplete will be rejected.

The Regulator’s Update — September 2020

Welcome to the September issue of The Regulator’s Update. In this issue: Tui oil field decommissioning, new application guide and template for alluvial gold and quarry mining permits, annual fees overdue, annual summary report update, South Island aeromagnetic data and a final reminder about the survey of industrial rocks and minerals.

Exploration Database maintenance outage

The Exploration Database will be unavailable for 4 hours from 7pm, Wednesday 22 July due to maintenance work. All other online tools and systems will remain available during this time.

Website maintenance outage

Our website will be unavailable for an hour at 3pm, Tuesday 7 July due to maintenance work. All our online tools and systems will remain available during this time.