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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Schedule 3: Essential infrastructure providers

You could also call this:

"Important services like power, water, and transport that keep New Zealand running"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

The proposed law lists essential infrastructure providers. You will see a list of companies and organisations. They provide important services like radio, television, and telecommunications. They also include companies that generate or distribute electricity, gas, and petroleum products. You will also see companies that operate airports, like Auckland and Wellington International Airports. Some port companies are listed, like those in Auckland and Lyttelton. Other essential services include rail and road transport, and companies that supply water, stormwater, and wastewater services. These companies are considered essential because they provide important services to the public. The list is part of a proposed change to the law, as outlined in section 7. It also refers to other laws, like the Telecommunications Act 2001 and the Airport Authorities Act 1966.

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3Essential infrastructure providers Empowered by s 7

  • Radio New Zealand Limited

    1. Television New Zealand Limited

      1. An entity that provides a public telecommunications network (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 2001).

        1. An entity that generates electricity for distribution through a network or distributes electricity through a network.

          1. An entity that produces, supplies, or distributes manufactured gas or natural gas (whether it is supplied or distributed through a network or in bottles containing more than 20 kg of gas).

            1. An entity that produces, processes, or distributes to retail outlets and bulk customers any petroleum products used as an energy source or an essential lubricant or additive for motors for machinery.

              1. The company (as defined in section 2 of the Auckland Airport Act 1987) that operates Auckland International Airport.

                1. The company (as defined in section 2 of the Wellington Airport Act 1990) that operates Wellington International Airport.

                  1. The company that operates Christchurch International Airport.

                    1. The airport authority (as defined in section 2(1) of the Airport Authorities Act 1966, whether or not it is also an airport company as defined in that section, or an airport operator as defined in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023) that operates the primary airport at Kerikeri, Blenheim, Dunedin, Gisborne, Hamilton, Hokitika, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Queenstown, Rotorua, Tauranga, Wanganui, Westport, Whakatane, or Whangarei.

                      1. The port company (as defined in section 2(1) of the Port Companies Act 1988) that carries out port-related commercial activities at Auckland, Bluff, Gisborne, Lyttelton, Napier, Nelson, Picton, Port Chalmers, Port Taranaki, Tauranga, Timaru, Wellington, Westport, or Whangarei.

                        1. The Grey District Council, acting as the Greymouth harbour authority and owner and operator of the Port of Greymouth.

                          1. An entity that provides land transport by means of rail activity.

                            1. The New Zealand Transport Agency and any local authority that provides a road network (including State highways).

                              1. An entity that supplies or distributes water to the inhabitants of a city, district, or other place.
                                1. An entity that provides a stormwater network or that disposes of stormwater.
                                  1. An entity that provides a wastewater or sewerage network or that disposes of sewage.

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