570

being considered for declaration by the Standards Council
as New Zealand standard specifications or for endorsement
as being suitable for use in New Zealand:

Appita

P 403 rp-73 Bursting strength of paper.
P 414 m-73 Conditioning of paper for testing.
P 415 m-73 Standard atmosphere for paper testing.
P 416 m-73 Determination of temperature and relative
humidity of atmospheres for paper and paper-
board testing.

All persons who may be affected by these specifications and
who desire to comment thereon to the Standards Council,
may, on application, obtain a copy on loan from the Standards
Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23
Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington 1.

Requests should specify that copies are required for com-
ment purposes.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 20 April
1973.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March 1973.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/1)

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 26

The Standards Act 1965—Draft Amendment to New Zealand
Standard Specification Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards
Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft
amendment is being circulated:

Number and Description of Draft

DZ 9231/335 Draft amendment to NZS 9231: 1971, Model
bylaw for fire prevention.

All persons who may be affected by this amendment and
who desire to comment thereon, may, on application, obtain
a copy on loan from the Standards Association of New Zea-
land, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private
Bag), Wellington 1.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 30 April
1973.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 1973.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/8)

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 341—Inquiry Concerning Protection for the New Zealand Industry Producing Fish Preparations
of Tariff Item 16.04.009, Fish Preserved in Airtight Containers of Tariff Item 16.04.019 and Preparations of Crustaceans and Molluscs
of Tariff Item 16.05.009

1. Following receipt by the Minister of Customs of a report from the Emergency Protection Authority in which the Authority recommended
   that a temporary additional duty of $10 per 100 lb be imposed on imports of fish preparations of Tariff item 16.04.009 from all sources except
   Australia and South Africa, and that a temporary additional duty of $10 per 100 lb be imposed on the goods of Tariff item 16.04.019 when
   imported from all sources except Australia, South Africa, and developing countries, Government has decided to impose the additional duty
   recommended in both cases on imports of the goods from all sources except Australia. The temporary additional duties were imposed on the
   fish preparations of Tariff item 16.04.009 with effect from 6 October 1972 and on the goods of Tariff item 16.04.019 with effect from 2 Feb-
   ruary 1973. In accordance with the provisions of the Tariff and Development Board Act, the Minister of Customs has asked the Board to
   undertake an inquiry and report on the nature and degree of protection, if any, it considers necessary to protect the New Zealand industry
   against imports of fish preparations classified in Tariff item 16.04.009 and fish preserved in airtight containers classified in Tariff item 16.04.019.
   In addition, and acting on a suggestion by the Emergency Protection Authority, the Minister has also asked the Board to include preparations
   of crustaceans and molluscs of Tariff item 16.05.009 in the terms of reference for the inquiry.

2. In terms of the above reference the Board will, in accordance with its normal procedures, conduct a public hearing for the purpose of
   taking evidence, commencing at 10.30 a.m., on Tuesday, 21 August 1973, in the Hearing Room, Eighth Floor, Cumberland House, Upper
   Willis Street, Wellington. Full details of the goods included in the inquiry are set out in Schedule to this notice.

3. Parties intending to make representations or requests about appropriate rates of customs duty are asked to take into account the state-
   ment by the Minister of Overseas Trade, of 6 September 1972, about changes in the New Zealand Customs Tariff. Copies of this statement can
   be obtained from the undersigned. Parties intending to make representations or requests about the exemption from import licensing of goods
   at present not so exempt are asked to take into account the statement in the 1972 Financial Statement (page 19) that “the Government has
   also decided that where the industry is to be exempted from import licensing there should be provision in appropriate cases for a phase-out
   period which in general will be for up to three years.”

4. Any person who intends to tender evidence should lodge, in typewritten form, 14 copies of public evidence and 12 copies of confidential
   evidence, to be presented under oath at the public hearing at the Board’s office no later than Tuesday, 31 July 1973. In preparing this evidence
   the “Notes for Information and Guidance of Interested Parties” prepared by the Board may be of assistance. Copies of these notes may be
   obtained from the Board’s office.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of March 1973.

P.O. Box 27046, Wellington.

C. H. S. RODDEN,
Secretary, Tariff and Development Board.

SCHEDULE

*Effective 6 October 1972 (E.P.A.)
†Effective 2 February 1973 (E.P.A.)