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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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prills) containing or coated with insecticide are
released from aircraft during flight in such a manner
as to provide for the direct application of the
insecticide to the soil or to plant life thereon.
(iii) “Aerial spraying service” means any service by air-
craft (whether fixed-wing or rotary-wing) for hire
or reward whereby any agricultural chemical in
the form of a liquid spray is released from aircraft
during flight in such a manner as to provide for
the direct application of the chemical to the soil
or to plant life thereon.
(iv) “Aerial dusting service” means any service by aircraft
(whether fixed-wing or rotary-wing) for hire or
reward whereby any non-liquid agricultural chemical
excluding prills or pellets whether alone or together
with any other substance not being a fertiliser or
lime is released from aircraft during flight in such
a manner as to provide for the direct application
of the chemical to the soil or to plant life thereon.
(v) “Aerial poisoning service” means any service by air-
craft (whether fixed-wing or rotary-wing) for hire
or reward whereby any poisonous agricultural
chemical, whether alone or together with any other
substance, is released from aircraft during flight
for the purpose of destroying or repelling noxious
animals.
(vi) “Miscellaneous aerial work service” means any aerial
work service by rotary-wing aircraft for hire or
reward other than an aerial topdressing service, an
aerial spraying service, an aerial dusting service,
an aerial poisoning service, or an aerial insecticide
pellet service.

2B. In these standard terms and conditions—
(i) “Fertiliser” means any substance, including lime, which
is in a state suitable for application to land or
plants for the purpose of increasing the growth or
productivity of beneficial plants. Provided that any
such substance does not come within the term
agricultural chemical defined in subparagraph (ii)
hereunder.
(ii) “Agricultural chemical” means any substance, whether
mixed with any other substance or not, sold for the
purpose of protecting any form of plant life from
injury caused by any organism or virus, or for the
purpose of curing any such injury or any disorder
of plant life of a physiological nature, or for the
purpose of destroying, preventing or in any other
way influencing other than as a fertiliser, the growth
of any form of plant life, and includes any animal
poison.

3. Classification and Replacement of Aircraft:
   (a) In all licences authorising the carrying on of aerial
   topdressing services the aircraft authorised for such
   services shall be deemed to be any one of the follow-
   ing categories namely, light aircraft or medium air-
   craft or heavy aircraft.
   (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) herein—
   (i) “Light aircraft” means an aircraft in respect of which
   the maximum approved agricultural payload does
   not exceed one-half ton.
   (ii) “Medium aircraft” means an aircraft in respect of
   which the maximum approved agricultural payload
   is more than one-half ton but does not exceed
   one ton.
   (iii) “Heavy aircraft” means an aircraft in respect of which
   the maximum approved agricultural payload exceeds
   one ton.
   (c) Subject always to there being no increase in the number
   of aircraft as are authorised in the licence, the licensee
   may at any time replace a light aircraft with another
   type of light aircraft, or a medium aircraft with
   another type of medium aircraft. The licensee oper-
   ing a heavy aircraft may replace that aircraft by
   another heavy aircraft without the prior approval of
   the Licensing Authority provided the maximum ap-
   proved agricultural payload of the replacement air-
   craft is not greater or less than one-half ton of such
   approved payload in respect of the aircraft being re-
   placed. Every such replacement shall be notified
   promptly to the Authority.
   (d) Nothing in this clause shall apply to helicopters.

4. Boundaries:
   (a) As from the date of this order where any boundary of
   the area authorised for an aerial topdressing service
   or an aerial insecticide pellet service passes through
   any part of a farming property, the licensee may enter
   into an agreement with the owner of such property for
   the carrying out of aerial topdressing services or
   aerial insecticide pellet services on the whole or any
   part of that property provided a substantial part
   thereof is within the licensee’s licensed area.
   (b) Where in any aerial topdressing licence or any aerial
   insecticide pellet service licence a boundary is defined
   inter alia as being a line running from the mouth of a
   river or other waterway such line shall be deemed
   to run from the northern side of the mouth of such
   river or other waterway unless the licence otherwise
   provides.”

This Order shall come into effect on the 1st day of April
1966.

Dated this 29th day of March 1966.

For and on behalf of the Air Services Licensing Authority—

G. H. LUSK, Chairman.

Tariff Notice No. 1966/24—Application for Variation of Approval

Notice is hereby given that an application has been made for variation of a current approval of the Minister of Customs as follows:

A. types for use in double rail crabs
B. types for use as fixed hoist units | Free | .. | .. | 20%S | 25% | 10.2 | .. | .. | .. |

Any person wishing to lodge an objection to the granting of this application should do so in writing on or before 21 April 1966. Submissions should include a reference to the application number, Tariff item, and description of goods concerned, be addressed to the Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington, and supported by information as to:

(a) The range of equivalent goods manufactured locally;
(b) The proportions of New Zealand and imported materials used in manufacture;
(c) Present and potential output; and
(d) Details of factory cost in terms of materials, labour, overhead, etc.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March 1966.

J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.