NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 197

Energy

Electricity Act 1968

Taupo Electricity Ltd. Electricity Supply Licence 1988

I, David John Butcher, Minister of Energy, acting pursuant to section 20 of the Electricity Act 1968, hereby licence Taupo Electricity Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Taupo Borough Council, pursuant to the Taupo Borough Council Empowering Act 1987, hereinafter called the Electrical Supply Authority to supply electricity, and to lay, construct, put up, place and use all electric lines and works which may from time to time be required for the distribution and supply of electricity within the area specified in the Schedule hereto.

This licence is in addition to that issued to the Taupo Borough Council on 20 March 1985* and is issued subject to the following Conditions:

Conditions

1. This licence may be cited as the Taupo Electricity Ltd. Electricity Supply Licence 1988.

2. The Electrical Supply Authority shall comply with the provisions of this licence, the Electricity Act 1968 and all enactments made in amendment of or substitution for that Act, any Electrical Codes of Practice made under that Act, the Electrical Supply Regulations 1984, the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1976 and all regulations made in amendment of or substitution for any of those regulations.

3. Any notice to be given to the Electrical Supply Authority shall be sufficient if sent by registered post letter to the offices of the Electrical Supply Authority or sent by tele facsimile or delivered by hand to that registered office. Such notice if sent by post will be deemed to have been received by the Electrical Supply Authority on the third day after the date of posting.

4. Any notice to be given on the part of the Minister of Energy shall be sufficient if given in writing signed by the Minister or by any persons acting under the authority of the Minister.

5. Any notice to be given to the Minister of Energy shall be sufficient if given in writing to or sent by registered post letter addressed to the Secretary of Energy, Ministry of Energy, Wellington.

6. This licence shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1988 and shall continue in force until the 31st day of March 2009 unless it is sooner lawfully determined in accordance with clauses 7, 8, 9 or 11 hereof.

7. The Governor-General in Council may, pursuant to section 22 of the Electricity Act 1968, cancel this licence if the Electrical Supply Authority is:
   (a) In breach of the provisions contained in clauses 2, 9 or 11 of these conditions; and/or
   (b) Placed in receivership or goes into liquidation in terms of the Companies Act 1955.

8. This licence may be cancelled by the Minister of Energy at the request of or with the consent of the Electrical Supply Authority.

9. The shares of Electrical Supply Authority shall, subject to clause 11 of these conditions, remain wholly owned by the Taupo Borough Council or its successor, the Taupo District Council.

10. On the date of the coming into force of this licence, the Electrical Supply Authority shall deposit with the Minister documents stating the following:
    (a) The total number and type of shares.
    (b) The name of the owner, the type and number of shares of each individual shareholder.

11. Any change in:
    (a) The total number of the shares; or
    (b) The type of any or all of the shares; or
    (c) The ownership of any or all of the shares,

shall require the prior consent of the Minister. The Minister in granting such a consent may set any conditions as he deems proper.

12. At the expiry or cancellation of this licence, the Electrical Supply Authority shall as required by notice in writing by the Minister of Energy remove all buildings, poles and other erections and all transmission lines, plant and other machinery and other removable equipment authorised by the licence to be erected, installed or provided and if within 12 months after being so required the Electrical Supply Authority fails or neglects to remove the same, then the same shall, without payment of any compensation vest in and become the property of the Crown and it shall be lawful for any person authorised by the Minister of Energy in that behalf, subject to compliance with section 154 of the Electricity Act 1968 to enter upon any land or premises and remove the same or any part thereof.

13. Nothing contained in the licence, either expressly or by implication shall be deemed to authorise the Electrical Supply Authority to erect, construct or maintain any lines or works except subject to such conditions (not inconsistent with this licence) as may from time to time be lawfully imposed by any local authority within the district of which any such lines or works may be situated.

14. The systems of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (j) of regulation 13 of the Electrical Supply Regulations 1984. The system of supply authorised under paragraph (j) aforesaid shall be a single-conductor earth-return system of 11,000 volts between conductor and earth, and the use thereof shall be subject to such terms and conditions as are from time to time laid down by the Secretary of Energy.

15. The Electrical Supply Authority shall, 6 months prior to the expiry of the term of this licence provided in clause 6 herein, make written application to the Minister of Energy for the granting of a new licence.

Schedule

Area of Supply

All that area in the South Auckland, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington Land Districts commencing at the confluence of the Okaia Stream with the northern shore of Lake Taupo in Block XVI, Marotiri S.D. and proceeding generally northerly up the middle of that stream to the western boundary of Whangamata Block; thence generally northerly along that boundary and the western boundary of Tauwa West Block to the southern boundary of Block IX, Atiamuri S.D.; thence easterly along the southern boundaries of said Block IX and Blocks X and XI, Atiamuri S.D. to the western side of State Highway No. 1; thence generally southerly, along that western side to a point in line with the southern boundary of Tauua East No. 2 Block; thence along that right line to and along that boundary to the eastern boundary of part Tauua East No. 3A Block; thence generally southerly along that boundary to the southern boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 16198; thence south-easterly along that boundary to the north-western boundary of Tutukau West B Block; thence generally south-westerly along that boundary and generally southerly along the western boundaries of the aforementioned block to the westernmost extremity of part Tutukau East B6 Block; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of that block to and along a right line across Tutukau Road to the northernmost extremity of part Te Hukui Block; thence generally southerly along the western boundaries of that block to the western boundary of Section 1, Block VI, Tauua S.D.; thence generally south-westerly, south-easterly and north-easterly along the south boundary of that section to the westernmost extremity of part Tutukau East B6 Block.