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had it produced evidence of its present financial situation. We do not accept that this was produced simply because of the requirement to report to Parliament. We do not need to decide that question but the fact that the Corporation is required to report on its total financial position in an annual report does not preclude the Corporation from producing specific figures such as of advertising revenue which the Corporation has on previous occasions provided to the Tribunal in such circumstances, despite the fact that the report had not been tabled in Parliament.

8. The Corporation did not cross-examine witnesses on the Australian position. This has resulted in a prejudice to the parties.

The Tribunal would permit Mr Rennie to indicate the Corporation’s changed position and the reasons for it, but not to provide new supporting evidence which could lead to extensive economic evidence.

Although the Tribunal did not rule in detail on Mr Dick’s evidence, considerable evidence on Australian advertising revenue had been produced to the Tribunal. Mr Miles had called three witnesses on Australian and regional matters. The evidence proposed to be called was available to the Corporation earlier and some has been previously published.

In all the circumstances the Tribunal considers that the admission of substantial new evidence of an economic kind which is not an updating of existing evidence and which is tendered to support a changed Corporation position, should not be permitted.

The Corporation will be free to make such submissions as it thinks fit on the extensive evidence already produced.

If the Corporation wishes to make any detailed submissions on Mr Dick’s evidence, it may now do so. We do not here rule out the giving of evidence by Mr Dick as Chief Executive.

Signed for the Tribunal:

B. H. SLANE, Chairman.

Customs Exchange Rates Notice (No. 15) 1986

Pursuant to section 143 of the Customs Act 1966, the Comptroller of Customs, in accordance with the power delegated to him by the Minister of Customs under section 9 of that Act, hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

1. Short title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Customs Exchange Rates Notice (No. 15) 1986.
   (2) This notice shall come into force on the 4th day of August 1986.

2. Exchange rates—Where under any provisions of the Customs Act 1966 any amount which is required to be taken into account for the purpose of assessing duty or any other purpose is not an amount in New Zealand currency, the amount to be so taken into account shall be the equivalent in New Zealand currency of that amount ascertained in accordance with the rate of exchange set out in the Schedule to this notice.

3. Revocation—The Customs Exchange Rates Notice (No. 14) 1986, published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 106, dated 10 July 1986, on page 2913 is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of July 1986.

M. J. BELGRAVE, Comptroller of Customs.

Applications for Protective Direction and Plant Selectors’ Rights Notice (No. 3845: Ag. P.V. 3/49)

Pursuant to section 11 of the Plant Varieties Act 1973, notice is hereby given that applications for grants of Protective Direction and grants of Plant Selectors’ Rights as specified in the Schedule hereto, have been received by the Registrar of Plant Varieties. If it is considered that any interested person will be unfairly affected by the applications, that person may lodge an objection with the Registrar within 2 months from the date of this Gazette. Objections must comply with section 19 of the Plant Varieties Act 1973.

SCHEDULE

SPECIES: SERRAdELLA (Ornithopus sativus Brot.)

SPECIES: CHICORY (Cichorium intybus L.)

Dated at Lincoln this 8th day of July 1986.

F. W. WHITMORE, Registrar of Plant Varieties.