Dear Gavin

 

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Hamish Keown

 

From: ECInfo [mailto:[ECAN request email]]
Sent: Friday, 15 May 2015 2:33 p.m.
To: Hamish Keown
Subject: TRIM: FW: Official Information Act request - Copy of Legal
Opinion sort regarding ULEB (Ultra Low Emission Wood Burners)
EMAIL:05770548
Importance: Low

 

------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: Edwards Gavin
Received: 13/05/2015 10:29 p.m.
To: ECInfo; Environment Canterbury; Services Customer; Services Customer
Subject: Official Information Act request - Copy of Legal Opinion sort
regarding ULEB (Ultra Low Emission Wood Burners)

Dear Canterbury Regional Council,
Just some more Documentation we require by New Zealand Home Heating
Association.

As we believe it the Minister was given the right to override the RMA by
the way of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority .But looking at the
purpose of CERA
we believe that this power should have been restricted to maybe limiting
the standard to sub 0.5 (or whatever) on our existing test .
From what we can see the Minister may have overstepped this power by
creating CM1.4 a completely new  unproven test  with many well documented
issues .
We are  struggling to understand the legislative changes made to allow the
new CM1.4 test to be deemed the new testing authority for ULEB,We have
been made aware of a Legal opinion on the mater sort by Environment
Canterbury if this is the case that would be then a public document and it
would be of great benefit for us to have a copy of this .
In Essence This Document should obviously back up the reason you have
undertaken this whole ULEB testing process .
Our aim here is to co-ordinate all new legislative changes with the
product development and support from the manufacturers ,to all work
together on this one .How ever as you well know, many questions are
continually being raised about the validity of the test and if we could
firm this up with our members by once and for all providing the legal
avenue you have taken to derive a new test, it would be of great benefit
to all.

Regards
Gavin Edwards
President NZHHA

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