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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

commencing from the day electrical power is first supplied. For the purposes of this clause “maximum output” means twice the number of units generated in the half-hour during which the output is the maximum for the year. The said period shall be recorded at the end of each half-hour commencing from noon of each day. The minimum rental shall not be less than £10 per annum.

11. GRANTING OF OTHER WATER-RIGHTS.

Nothing herein shall prevent the Governor-General in Council from granting to any person or body corporate other than the licensee a license to take water from any portion of the said lake, except at the place where the licensee is by this license empowered to take it; provided that no such license shall so operate as to reduce the natural fall between the headworks and tail-water, or the volume of the water which the licensee is by this license authorized to take from the said lake.

12. VARIATION IN CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

The terms and conditions of this license may at any time or from time to time, at the request or with the consent in writing of the licensee, be altered by the Governor-General by Order in Council.

13. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.

The licensee may at any time, with the consent of the Minister, surrender this license, and shall thereupon, if so required by the Minister, remove from the ground all removable equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, transmission-lines, and other plant authorized to be installed or provided. If the licensee fails or neglects so to remove the said plant within twelve months after being required so to do, such equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, lines, and other plant shall, without payment or compensation, vest in and become the property of the Crown.

14. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 8d. per unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes; and provided further that if accounts are paid within fourteen days of due date the charges shall not exceed 7d. per unit for lighting purposes and 3d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, or heating purposes.

In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £16 per kilovolt ampere per year plus ½d. per unit. “Wholesale supply” for this purpose shall be held to be a supply in respect of which the consumer shall guarantee to pay not less than £180 per year.

15. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply comprises the Southland Electric-power District and outer area duly constituted by Proclamation dated the 14th day of November, 1919, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 134, of the 19th day of November, 1919.

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 purpose of calculating stresses as provided in clause 15 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 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 kilovolt-ampere hours instead of kilowatt hours.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. BED OF LAKE NOT LEASED.

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

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONTROLLING ROADS OR STREETS.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines on roads or streets except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, or any variation of this license or the regulations, or new regulations which may take the place of these regulations, as may from time to time be agreed upon between the licensee and the local authority having control of such roads or streets.

26. LOCATION OF OVERHEAD LINES.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, one side of every road or street shall be left free by the licensee for telegraph lines. Lines shall not be erected on both sides of a road or street unless the permission of the Minister of Telegraphs or the Post and Telegraph Department is first obtained, in accordance with clause 23 of the regulations

27. BARE WIRES.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no bare wires shall be erected unless and until the consent of the Minister has first been obtained in accordance with the regulations.

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