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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

charges for bulk supply may, if necessary, be reviewed by the Minister, if prima facie reasons are shown by the licensee, or any consumers of a bulk supply, that such charges are unremunerative or excessive, or unreasonable or oppressive, and the Minister may, by endorsement on the license, add to, alter, reduce, or amend such charges accordingly, and such addition, alteration, reduction, or amendment shall be enforceable by and against the licensee as effectively as if the same formed part of this license, but no addition, alteration, reduction, or amendment in such charges shall be made until after inquiry and report by a Commissioner appointed for the purpose under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, but it shall not be obligatory upon the Governor-General to act in accordance with the opinion that may be expressed by such Commissioner, or to give effect to any recommendation that may be contained in his report.

15. EXTENDED AREA OF SUPPLY.

The extended area of supply comprises portion of the Taranaki County as indicated by a distinctive border coloured red on the plan marked P.W.D. 47181, deposited in the office of the Minister at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington.

16. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e) of clause 3 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 6,600 volts between the terminals.

17. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purposes of calculating stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 22 degrees Fahrenheit.

18. INTERCHANGE OF SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

(a.) In the event of the Minister establishing a hydro-electric power scheme outside the area of supply of a frequency of 50 cycles per second on the three-phase alternating-current system, he may require the licensee to connect that system with the licensee’s electrical system in such a manner that an interchange of electrical energy between the two systems may be made from time to time and when required by either the licensee or the Minister, up to at least one-half of the total capacity of the plant installed at the licensee’s power-house.

(b.) The licensee shall erect and maintain in good order, at the expense of the licensee, the necessary transmission-lines between the licensee’s power-house and a point on the boundary of the area of supply to be determined by the Minister.

(c.) The Minister shall erect and maintain in good order, at the expense of the Minister, the necessary transmission-lines outside the area of supply, for the purpose of connecting the two systems at the point last mentioned in subclause (b) hereof.

(d.) The licensee and the Minister respectively shall, on demand, and from time to time, as and when required, supply to each other so much of the surplus electrical energy as is then required and is available, but not in excess of one-half of the capacity of the plant installed in the licensee’s power-house.

(e.) The price to be paid by the licensee or the Minister shall not exceed the following rates:—

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily: 1d. per unit.

Between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. daily: ½d. per unit.

To be measured in each case at the point last mentioned in subclause (b) hereof.

(f.) For the purpose of this clause either the licensee or the Minister may have the unit measured in kilo-volt-ampere hours instead of kilowatt hours.

19. REQUIREMENTS OF TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines within the Taranaki County, except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, as may from time to time be agreed upon between the licensee and the Taranaki County Council.

20. COMPENSATION PAYABLE FOR LAND INJURIOUSLY AFFECTED, ETC.

In respect of all land injuriously affected, and in respect of all damages done by the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon the licensee by this license, the licensee shall from time to time, as and when any such injury or damage accrues or happens, pay compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, in the same manner (subject to all necessary modifications) as if such licensee were a local authority and the claim was one for injury or damage arising out of the construction of a public work.

21. CROWN NOT LIABLE TO PAY COMPENSATION.

Nothing in this license shall be held to cast upon or imply any liability upon His Majesty the King or upon the Government of New Zealand to pay compensation to any person, corporate body, or local authority by reason of the exercise by the licensee of the authority hereby granted; but the licensee shall be liable for any loss or damage which any person, corporate body, or local authority may sustain as the result of the exercise by the licensee of any of the powers granted by this license.

22. CONSUMERS ENTITLED TO SUPPLY.

The licensee shall supply and sell to any person, company, or corporate body within the area of supply requiring the same, for any purpose within that area, electricity to the extent to which it may be available; provided that such person, company, or corporate body pays the cost of connecting his or its premises with the transmission-line erected by the licensee in pursuance of this license, or alternatively pays a line rental at a rate not exceeding 6 per cent. on the cost of such connecting line together with any additional transmission-line required to supply such person, company, or corporate body.

23. BED OF RIVER NOT LEASED.

Nothing herein shall be held to constitute a lease from the Crown of the bed of the said river, nor shall the provisions of Part IX of the Property Law Act, 1908, apply to this license.

24. CONTRACT BETWEEN LICENSEE AND CROWN.

This license shall be deemed to constitute a contract as between the licensee and His Majesty the King, and may be enforced as a contract by and against His said Majesty or the licensee accordingly.

25. TIME FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF WORKS.

The licensee shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of three years from the date of this license, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lock-outs, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to any neglect by the licensee.

26. DEFAULT.

If the licensee fails or neglects to observe any of the conditions or obligations imposed by this license, then and in any such case the provisions of clauses 50 and 51 of the regulations shall apply to the breach of any such condition or obligation.

27. VARIATION IN CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

The terms and conditions of this license may at any time or from time to time, if found necessary and if duly agreed upon between the licensee and the Governor-General in Council, be altered by the Governor-General by Order in Council, in which case particulars of such alteration or modification shall be endorsed upon this license and signed by the licensee and the Governor-General, whereupon all the terms and conditions in this license contained (save and except as they may have been so altered or modified by such alterations) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to such alterations as if the latter had formed part of this license as originally issued.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring that the Provisions of Section 109 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to certain Blocks of Native Land.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of July, 1920.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT STOUT PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-three of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council at any time declare that the provisions of section one hundred and nine of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to any block, section, or subdivision of land comprised in leases granted or confirmed under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1881, and the amendments thereof:

And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of section one hundred and nine aforesaid shall apply to the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, for the purchase of which the Crown desires to negotiate:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance