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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 1

Meat Industry Authority (Notice No. 11 M.I.A. 3/3) Redefining the Boundaries of the Chatham Islands Abattoir District, and Specifying the Controlling Authority of the Chatham Islands Abattoir

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Meat Act 1964 (as amended by section 13 of the Meat Amendment Act 1976), notice is hereby given as follows:

1. The Department of Internal Affairs shall be the controlling authority of the Chatham Islands abattoir vice the Chatham Islands Meat Co. Ltd.

2. The Chatham Islands Abattoir District shall comprise the Island of Chatham of the district of the Chatham Islands County Council.

3. The following notices, either specifying the controlling authority of the Chatham Islands abattoir, or describing or redefining the boundaries of the Chatham Islands Abattoir District, are revoked:

   New Zealand Gazette, No. 34, 13 June 1963, p. 810 (Ag. 7777)

   New Zealand Gazette, No. 24, 24 April 1968, P. 687 (Ag. 10211)

   New Zealand Gazette, No. 71, 7 November 1968, p. 2039 (Ag. 10331)

4. This notice shall take effect as from 21 December 1977.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December 1977.

For and on behalf of the Meat Industry Authority.

G. H. BOYD, Secretary.

Environmental Impact Report Notified—Refuse Disposal for Christchurch Including the Waimairi Coastal Area Recreation Development Plan

THE Commission for the Environment has received an environmental impact report prepared by the Christchurch Metropolitan Refuse Committee on a proposal for Refuse Collection and disposal for Christchurch.

Representations in writing on the environmental aspects of the proposal and on the report are invited and should be sent to the Commission for the Environment, P.O. Box 11244, Wellington, before 28 February 1978.

Copies of the report may be obtained from the City Engineer, Christchurch City Council, P.O. Box 237, Christchurch.

The report may be read at the public libraries in New Brighton as well as at the libraries of the four main centres and the seven university institutions.

Dated this 12th day of January 1978.

W. J. WENDELKEN,
Assistant Commissioner for the Environment.

Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977—Approval of Alternative to Prescription Book

PURSUANT to regulation 39 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977*, the Director-General of Health hereby approves the use of microfilm records, made and maintained in accordance with the system hereinafter described, as a prescription book, instead of the bound volume required by subclause (3) of regulation 37 of those regulations.

1. The viewer:

   (a) The viewer shall have its own source of illumination, powered either by battery or mains supply:

   (b) The viewer must be so placed and shielded from external light that the image is not appreciably diminished by such light:

   (c) The image, as viewed on the screen of the viewer, shall not be less than two-thirds the size of the original prescription:

   (d) A suitable mechanical device shall be incorporated in the viewer so that the film may be wound between two reels; this device shall be capable of being operated by hand:

   (e) The viewer shall give a clear and well contrasting reproduction of the original prescription:

   (f) The image shall not require refocusing when a line of print is read from one side across the centre to the opposite side, and optical aberration shall not detrimentally affect the legibility of the image:

   (g) Means shall be provided to minimise abrasion on the image area during movement of the film:

   (h) The viewer shall be maintained in a clean condition and good working order:

   (i) The viewer shall be of a type which does not require to be held in the hand.

2. General:

   (a) Prescriptions which may not be legible on film (e.g., by reason of lack of contrast between ink and paper or by reason of the small size of the form or the writing thereon), shall have a legible copy of the original prescription attached to the original and the copy are both visible and that each copy on its own complies fully with these conditions; each such copy shall be clearly marked with the words, “True copy of Prescription No. (here insert consecutive number) of (date of dispensing)”:

   (b) Prescriptions shall be recorded on the film in such manner that they are viewed in consecutive order:

   (c) Prescriptions recorded in terms of this approval shall clearly show the particulars required by subclause (3) of regulation 37 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977:

   (d) Where the details of a repeat or repeats are not endorsed on a prescription before microfilming, such details shall be recorded in a separate bound volume maintained for the purpose, and that record shall show clearly the particulars required by subclause (3) of regulation 37 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of January 1978.

H. J. H. HIDDLESTONE, Director-General of Health.

(195/8)

*S.R. 1977/37

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 2274/A1 Draft amendment to NZS 2274:1969 Industrial first-aid cabinets.

This amendment converts imperial measurements to metric in the standard, brings up to date the list of related documents, and adds a note to clarify the status of cited standards.

All persons who may be affected by this amendment and who desire to comment thereon may obtain copies from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 3 February 1978.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 1977.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/8)

The Standards Act 1965—Draft 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 New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.

Number and Title of Specification

DZ 5101 Safety frames and safety cabs for attachment to agricultural wheeled tractors (A4, 14pp, 55c) (revision of NZS 2146:1967).

All persons who may be affected by this specification and who desire to comment thereon, may obtain copies at the price shown, from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Note—Payment must accompany all requests for drafts.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 22 March 1978.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 1977.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/8)