NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 87

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 person 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 April 1989 and shall continue in force for a period of 21 years unless it is sooner lawfully determined in accordance with clauses 7 or 8 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 in breach of the provisions contained in clause 2 of these conditions.

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. At the expiry or cancellation of this licence, the Electrical Supply Authority shall be required to 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 15A of the Electricity Act 1968 to enter upon any land or premises and take possession of and remove the same or any part thereof.

10. 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.

11. 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) shall be a single conductor earth-return system and the use thereof shall be subject to such terms and conditions as are from time to time laid down by the Secretary, Ministry of Energy at Wellington.

12. At the date of the coming into force of this licence, the consumers that were formerly consumers of the Whakatane District Council shall be treated as existing consumers of the Electrical Supply Authority, provided that:

    (a) That tariffs of the Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board and the Whakatane District Council shall be equated at the date of the coming into force of this licence, where the electrical characteristics of any of the consumers within the combined area of supply are similar, and

    (b) Deposits held for consumer by the Whakatane District Council, prior to the date of the coming into force of this licence, shall, within 1 calendar month after the settlement of the last electricity account after the date of the coming into force of this licence, be either:

    (i) Vested with the Electrical Supply Authority. The term of any deposit shall not, subject to the provisions of Electrical Supply Regulation 20 (7), exceed 2 years from the date of the original lodgement of the deposit with the Council; or

    (ii) Refunded in full to each consumer for whom a deposit is held by the Council.

13. At the request of the Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board and the Whakatane District Council, the Minister hereby cancels the Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board Electricity Supply Licence 1971 (New Zealand Gazette of 29 January 1971, No. 49, page 114) and the Whakatane District Council Electricity Supply Licence 1984 (New Zealand Gazette of 29 March 1984, No. 49, page 949).

14. 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

The licensed area of supply of the Electricity Department of the Council, as defined in the Whakatane District Council Electricity Supply Licence 1984, dated the 26th day of March 1984 and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 29th day of March 1984 at page 949, is hereby included and merged in the Board’s electric power district as defined in the Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board Electricity Supply Licence 1971, dated the 19th day of January 1971 and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 28th day of January 1971 at page 114.

Signed at Wellington this 14th day of May 1990.

D. J. BUTCHER, Minister of Energy.

905921

Thames Valley Electric Power Board Electricity Supply Licence 1989

1. David John Butcher, Minister of Energy, acting pursuant to section 20 of the Electricity Act 1968, hereby license Thames Valley Electric Power Board, 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 issued subject to the following conditions:

Conditions

1. This licence may be cited as the Thames Valley Electric Power Board Electricity Supply Licence 1989.

2. The electricity 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.