Electricity Licenses




2438
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

paid within fourteen days of due date the charges shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes and 4½d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, or heating purposes.

  1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply comprises that portion of the Buller County (Granity and Millerton) bordered blue on the plan marked P.W.D. 52760, deposited in the office of the Minister at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

  1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (a) (1) of clause 3 of the regulations.
The generating voltage shall be approximately 110 volts between the terminals.

  1. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purposes of calculating stresses as provided in clause 15 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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 15 per cent. on the cost of such connecting line together with any additional transmission-line required to supply such person, company, or corporate body.

  1. BED OF STREAM NOT LEASED.

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

  1. 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.

  1. TIME FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF WORKS.

The licensee shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of two 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.

  1. 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.

  1. REQUIREMENTS OF THE BULLER COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines within the Buller County, 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 Buller County Council.

  1. 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.

License authorizing the Kamo Town Board to erect Electric Lines within the Kamo Town District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of September, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth—subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act, and dated the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of the same month, or any regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor (and hereinafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”), and which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein—hereby authorize the Kamo Town Board (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described, such electric lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated by means of green, violet, and red lines shown on the plans marked P.W.D. 54756 and 54942 and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SCHEDULE.

  1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply comprises the Kamo Town District as at present constituted. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 54942, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

  1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

Electrical energy shall be received in bulk from the Whangarei Borough Council at 2,200 volts at the Whangarei Borough Council's substation in Kamo Road, at the point marked “A” on the plan marked P.W.D. 54942 hereinbefore referred to, and stepped down to 400 volts for secondary distribution in accordance with paragraph (c) of clause 3 of the regulations.

  1. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 15 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

  1. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 9d. 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.

  1. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the date hereof. Upon the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.



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