26 JULY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Occupational Safety and Health Bill

This Bill has 3 broad effects. First, it provides for the election and establishment of workplace safety representatives and committees. Secondly, it provides for the establishment of an Occupational Safety and Health Commission. Thirdly, it repeals a number of existing statutes relating to specific aspects of occupational safety and health, and replaces them with—

(a) A series of general provisions about occupational safety and health; and

(b) Provisions enabling the making of more specialised (and, where necessary, more stringent) regulations.

Vietnam War Veteran’s Health (Commission of Inquiry) Bill

This Bill establishes a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the extent of damage that may have been caused to the health of New Zealand servicemen by the use of herbicides and other chemicals during the Vietnam War.

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Government Notices

Agriculture and Fisheries

Animals Protection Act 1960

Approval of Code of Ethical Conduct—Notice No. 5026 (100/A1/07)

Pursuant to section 19A of the Animals Protection Act 1960 and on the advice of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee I hereby approve the code of ethical conduct submitted to me from Manawatu Polytechnic.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of July 1990.

J. R. SUTTON, Minister of Agriculture.

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Broadcasting

Radio Communications Act 1989

Statement of Government Policy and Direction to the Secretary of Commerce

To the Secretary of Commerce:

I, Jonathan Lucas Hunt, Minister of Communications, acting pursuant to section 112 of the Radio Communications Act 1989 ("the Act"), and pursuant to the policies of Government communicated to you in the Statement of Commerce dated 20 December 1989 and published in the Gazette of 11 January 1990 at page 4, hereby direct you as follows:

That notwithstanding paragraph (a) of the directions contained in the Statement of Government Policy and Directions to Secretary of Commerce dated 20 December 1989 you may grant such radio apparatus licences for VHF frequencies, on a short term non-renewable basis not exceeding 14 days, as are required for the purposes of providing television coverage of local events where such television coverage is not provided by TV1, TV2 or TV3.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of July 1990.

JONATHAN HUNT, Minister of Communications.

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Commerce

Radio Frequency Tendering

Ministry of Commerce: Call for Tenders for Radio Frequency Rights

Radio frequency rights suitable for the licensing of video or other telecommunication services and AM and FM sound broadcasting are the subject of a public call for tender issued by the Ministry of Commerce, Wellington, dated 26 July 1990.

Each lot offered for tender and detailed in the second schedule of the call document, is a single management right suitable for the licensing of video or other telecommunications services which are compatible with the technical conditions of the management right.

Each lot offered for tender and detailed in the third schedule of the call document, is a single licence suitable for AM (amplitude modulation) sound broadcasting.

Each lot offered for tender and detailed in the fourth schedule of the call document is a single licence suitable for FM (frequency modulation) sound broadcasting.

A full description of the spectrum rights offered and the conditions of tender are contained in the call document.

The tender closes at noon on Monday, 3 September 1990.

Any persons wishing to obtain a copy of the call document and bid form should forward their request, together with a remittance of $27.00 to:

The Tender Round Manager, Radio Frequency Tender, Ministry of Commerce, Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand.

It should be noted that any request not accompanied by the remittance and which requires the generation of an invoice, may incur additional handling and processing charges.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 1990.

M. J. BELGRAVE, Secretary of Commerce.

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Conservation

Harbours Act 1950

Notice of Approval of Bylaws—Bylaw No. 1 1989—General

I, Philip Tosswill Edmond Woollaston, Minister of Conservation, pursuant to section 8A and section 165 (9) of the Harbours Act 1950, hereby give approval to the following