Pursuant to Regulation 7(1A) of the Climate Change (Forestry Sector) Regulations 2008, I hereby issue, by publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, the Geospatial Mapping Information Standard.

This standard comes into effect on 27 February 2015 and, pursuant to section 15 of the Interpretation Act 1999, will revoke and replace the Geospatial Mapping Information Standard* prescribed under section 90(1) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, effective from 1 September 2011.

A copy of the standard may be obtained from the office of the Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington.

It can also be viewed on the Ministry for Primary Industries’ website:

www.mpi.govt.nz

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February 2015.

AOIFE MARTIN, Director Spatial, Forestry and Land Management, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).

*This standard was not required to be gazetted under section 90(1) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002.