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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Preliminary provisions

3: Purpose

You could also call this:

"This law aims to help New Zealand get the best offshore renewable energy projects."

Illustration for Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

The purpose of this proposed law is to help you understand what it aims to achieve. This law wants to make it clearer for people who want to invest in offshore renewable energy developments. It also wants to help choose the developments that are best for New Zealand's interests.

This proposed law has a few goals, including helping to manage risks to the government and the public from these developments. You will see that it tries to balance the needs of investors with the needs of the country. It aims to make sure that offshore renewable energy developments are good for New Zealand.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

3Purpose

  1. The purpose of this Act is to—

  2. give greater certainty for developers to invest in ORE developments; and
    1. allow the selection of ORE developments that best meet New Zealand’s national interests; and
      1. manage the risks to the Crown and the public from ORE developments.