1 NOVEMBER

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

4195

Engineer, hereby exempt any Pontiac Le Mans KT series vehicle first registered before 1 January 1993 from the requirements of subclause (2) of registration 29 of the said regulations, relating to compliance of seat belts with the appropriate vehicle standard, subject to the condition that the seat belts and dual sensitive emergency locking retractors comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 209 of the United States of America.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of October 1990.

H. C. MATHESON, Senior Automotive Engineer.

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Exemption from Equipment Requirements

Pursuant to regulation 36 of the Transport (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1990, and in exercise of powers delegated to me pursuant to section 41 (1) of the State Sector Act 1988, I, Hugh Cameron Matheson, Senior Automotive Engineer, hereby exempt any vehicle specified in the First Schedule hereto from the requirements of regulations 29 (1) (a) and 29 (1) (c) of the said regulations, relating to the fitting of three point lap and diagonal seat belts, subject to the condition that seat belts of the type specified in the Second Schedule hereto are fitted in the sitting positions designated.

First Schedule

Any motor vehicle that has a removable hard top or soft top canopy and supporting framework and where—

(a) The permanent structure of the vehicle terminates at a height of not more than 500 millimetres above the top of each front seat measured from a point 150 millimetres forward of the lowest part of the back cushion; and

(b) Where the manufacturer does not make provision for the fitting of an upper torso restraint.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of October 1990.

H. C. MATHESON, Senior Automotive Engineer.

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Second Schedule

In respect of any forward facing sitting position, seat belts of the two point lap type which comply with the appropriate vehicle standard.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of October 1990.

H. C. MATHESON, Senior Automotive Engineer.

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Treasury

Local Authorities Loans Act 1956

Consent to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

Pursuant to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the undersigned Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authority, mentioned in the Schedule hereto, of the whole or any part of the respective amount specified in that Schedule.

Schedule

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of October 1990.

D. A. SMYTH, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State

Broadcasting Standards Authority

Broadcasting Act 1989

Broadcasting Standards Authority—Decision No. 17/90, 18/90, 19/90, 20/90, 21/90, 22/90 and 23/90

Pursuant to section 15 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1989, notice is hereby given that the Broadcasting Standards Authority has made the following decisions on complaints referred to it for investigation and review—

(i) In Decision No. 17/90, the Authority declined to uphold a complaint by Clifford Turner of Hamilton, on behalf of the Group Opposed to the Advertising of Liquor, that the broadcast by Radio New Zealand Ltd of an advertisement for a DB Draught Rugby Jackpot breached rules relating to liquor advertising on radio.

(ii) In Decision No. 18/90, the Authority declined to uphold a complaint by Bruce Beetham of Marton, on behalf of Social Credit NZ, that the failure by TV3 Network Services Ltd. to give news coverage to Social Credit’s Alternative Budget breached the responsibility placed on broadcasters to show balance, impartiality and fairness in dealing with political matters, current affairs and questions of a controversial nature and to present the news accurately, objectively and impartially.

(iii) In Decision No. 19/90, the Authority considering a request by Cindy Flook of Wellington, on behalf of the New Zealand National Party, agreed that Radio New Zealand Ltd., having upheld a complaint that an advertisement broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party gave a false impression in claiming that it is National Party policy to abolish penal pay rates by Christmas, should have broadcast a suitable statement correcting that false impression and accordingly made an order requiring Radio New Zealand Ltd. to broadcast such a statement.

(iv) In Decision No. 20/90, the Authority declined to uphold a complaint by Judy Malone of Masterton that the broadcast by TVNZ Ltd. of advertisements during the screening of the programme “Murderers Among Us: The Story of Simon Wiesenthal” breached the responsibility placed on broadcasters by section 4 (1) (a) of the Act to maintain standards consistent with good taste and decency.

(v) In Decision No. 21/90, the Authority upheld a complaint by the New Zealand Mining and Exploration Association Incorporated of Auckland that the broadcast by TVNZ Ltd. of a programme called “Prospects” breached the responsibility placed on broadcasters, when discussing controversial issues of public importance, to make reasonable efforts to give reasonable opportunities to present significant points of view either in the same programme or in other programmes within the period of current interest.

(vi) In Decision No. 22/90, the Authority upheld a complaint by Roger Gregg of Christchurch that the broadcast