900

And whereas by the said Order in Council you were required
to submit your report not later than the 1st day of March
1977:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting
should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Edward Denis Blundell, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting pursuant to the Commissions
of Inquiry Act 1908, and by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, hereby extend until the 24th day of
March 1977 the time within which you, the said William John
Mitchell, are so required to report, without prejudice to the
continuation of the liberty conferred upon you by the said
Order in Council to report your proceedings and recommendations from time to time if you judge it expedient so to do,
and hereby confirm the said Order in Council and the Commission thereby constituted, save as modified by these presents.
Given in Executive Council, the Rt. Hon. R. D. Muldoon
presiding this 14th day of March 1977.
P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
*Gazette, 27 January 1977, p. 122

Approving a Company for Securities Under the Administration
Act 1969

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington this 1st day of
March 1977.
Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to section 15 of the Administration Act 1969, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby approves
Royal Insurance Fire and General (N.Z.) Limited
as an incorporated company, the security of which may be
accepted for the purposes of the said section in place of a
bond.
P. G. MILEEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Leg. 32/5/13/1(6))

Merger of the Electric Supply Districts of the North Canterbury
Electric Power Board and the Electricity Department of the
Kaikoura County Council

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 14th day of
March 1977.
Present:

THE RT. HON. R. D. MULDOON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, and the
Local Government Act 1974, His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. INTERPRETATION

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Board" means the North Canterbury Electricity Power
Board.
"Council" means the Kaikoura County Council.

2. MERGER OF DISTRICT
   The licensed area of supply of the Electricity Department
   of the Council, as defined in the Kaikoura County Council
   Electric Lines Licence 1965, dated 11 August 1965 and
   published in the New Zealand Gazette on 19 August 1965,
   at page 1324, is hereby included and merged in the Board's
   electric power district and the Board shall exercise all rights
   and undertake all obligations previously exercised by the
   Council in carrying on its electricity undertaking.

3. REPRESENTATION
   (i) On the date of merger the licensed area of
   supply of the Council shall become a constituent
   district of the Board which from that date shall
   consist of eleven members.
   (ii) The North Canterbury Electric Power District
   Representation Order 1965, dated 1 September 1965,
   and published in the New Zealand Gazette on 9
   September 1965 at page 1500, is hereby amended by
   adding the following to the Schedule thereto:
   Constituent District Number of Representatives
   Part Kaikoura County 2
   (iii) The first representatives of the part Kaikoura
   County constituent district on the Board shall be
   appointed by the Council and shall hold office until
   the next triennial local authority election and thereafter one representative to the Board shall be elected
   by the electors of the part Kaikoura County
   constituent district.

4. PURCHASE PRICE
   The purchase price to be paid by the Board to the Council,
   by the date of merger, for the purchase of the electricity
   undertaking, property, and assets, as defined in the Schedule
   hereto shall be the sum of one hundred and thirty thousand
   dollars ($130,000) subject to the proviso that stock at the
   date of merger shall have a value of not less than eighty
   thousand dollars ($80,000) and if valued at more than eightyfive thousand dollars ($85,000) the purchase price shall be
   increased by the amount of that excess.

5. DISPOSITION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
   On the date of merger the Board shall take over from the
   Council the electricity undertaking, and property, and assets
   described in the Schedule, hereto.
   All liabilities of any kind whatsoever incurred by the
   Council up to the date of completion shall remain liabilities
   of the Council only. Thereafter the Board shall take over all
   the liabilities of the Electricity Department of the Council
   including liability for current loans relating to the expenditure
   on assets being taken over by the Board.

6. TARIFFS
   Consumers in the Council's supply area shall remain on the
   Council's tariff for a period of twelve months from the date
   of merger and thereafter the Board's tariff shall apply to
   them, provided that at the date of merger the Board shall
   have the right to add to the tariff of the Council's area of
   supply the same percentage increase which will be applied
   to its own tariff in the Board's supply area as from that date
   consequent upon the increase in the price of bulk power
   required to be paid to the New Zealand Electricity Department
   and provided if during the twelve month period there is a
   further increase in the price of bulk power required to be
   paid by the Board then the Board may increase the tariff
   applying to consumers in the Council's supply area in order
   to cover or recoup such increased charges.

7. STAFF
   The Board shall continue to employ, as required by the
   Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963, all
   persons permanently employed in the Council's electricity
   undertaking at the date of merger.

8. DATE OF MERGER
   The merger shall take effect from 1 April 1977.

SCHEDULE
The whole of the Council's electricity undertaking for the
supply of electricity to the Council's consumers together with
all property and assets whether real or personal, all stock,
chattels and things owned, and all rights of all kinds belonging
to the Electricity Department of the Council in connection
with the said electrical undertaking excluding however, the
following assets which shall remain the property of the
Council namely:

1. Three house properties occupied by the Council's
   electrical staff.
2. The electrical showroom and store situated in the
   Esplanade, Kaikoura.
3. The Electricity Depreciation Fund.
4. All debts owing to the Council's Electricity Undertaking
   at the date of merger.
5. Any credit balance in the Electricity Account of the
   Council's Electricity Undertaking.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(10/41/1)

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Relinquishments,
Cancellations, Transfers, Resignations and Retirements of
Officers in the New Zealand Cadet Forces

Pursuant to section 59 of the Defence Act 1971, the Minister
of Defence hereby approves the following appointments,
promotions, extensions, relinquishments, cancellations, transfers,
resignations and retirements of officers of the New Zealand
Cadet Forces:

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