15 December 2022
Ref: DOIA 2223-0886
Scott
Email:
[FYI request #20985 email]
Tēnā koe Scott
Thank you for your email of 31 October 2022 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
I would like to request copies of the agenda and minutes of all meetings of the NICMA Governance
Group held since the beginning of 2020, and a list of all documents submitted to these meetings,
including the document title and agency of origin.
On 25 November 2022, the timeframe to respond to your request was extended to 16 December 2022.
Please find attached the documentation in scope of your request, as detailed in the below Document
Schedule.
Please note some information has been withheld from the documentation for release under section
9(2)(f)(iv) of the Act, to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the
confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials.
Document schedule
Document
Withholding
grounds
1 Agenda - NICMA Governance Group Meeting 13 November 2020
N/A
2 NICMA GG Minutes 13 November 2020
N/A
3 Agenda - NICMA Governance Group Meeting 2 September 2021
N/A
4 NICMA GG Minutes 2 Sept 2021
N/A
5 Agenda - NICMA Governance Group Meeting 2 Nov 2021
N/A
6 NICMA GG Minutes 2 November 2021
N/A
7 Agenda - NICMA Governance Group Meeting 17 Dec 2021
N/A
8 NICMA GG Minutes 17 December 2021
9(2)(f)(iv)
9 Agenda - NICMA Governance Group Meeting 4 March 2022
N/A
10 NICMA GG Draft Minutes 4 March 2022
N/A
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
Please also see below a list of the documents provided at the NICMA meetings over the requested
timeframe.
Documents provided to the NICMA Governance Group since 2020
Meeting
Agenda
Title
Org
Date
item
13 Nov 2020 3
NICMA Governance Group – Terms of Reference (draft)
MBIE
4
NICMA Risk Framework
MBIE
5
Forward Activity Forecast report November 2020 –
MBIE
December 2021
2 Sep 2021
3
NICMA Governance Group – Terms of Reference (final)
MBIE
5
Non Interference provisions of the Crown Minerals Act 1991
MBIE
Table top exercise
6
Forward Activity Forecast report November 2021 –
MBIE
December 2022
6
VALARIS JU-249 Information Sheet
Valaris
7
Review of NICMA 2020 national plan
MBIE
2 Nov 2021
5
2021 NICMA: Planning & Response Group Table Top Exercise MBIE
and Discussion
17 Dec 2021
N/A
No papers submitted for consideration
4 Mar 2022
5
202X National Plan to manage interference with permitted
MBIE
offshore petroleum and minerals activities (draft)
5
Talking points for JMAG 15/2/2022: National Plan to manage MBIE
interference with permitted offshore petroleum and minerals
activities (NICMA)
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Phil Latimer
National Manager Compliance
Energy and Resource Markets