11 AUGUST

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Departmental Notices

Agriculture and Fisheries

Animals Protection Act 1960

Approval of Code of Ethical Conduct Notice No. 5368 (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 by Paxarms which is the same as the approved code of ethical conduct of Aoraki Polytechnic.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of August 1994.

JOHN FALLOON, Minister of Agriculture.

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Fisheries Act 1983

Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 6) 1994 (No. 5369)

Pursuant to section 28ZG of the Fisheries Act 1983, and to a delegation made pursuant to section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Acting Deputy Group Director, MAF Fisheries hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 6) 1994.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on the 12th day of August 1994, and shall expire on the 15th day of October 1994.

2. Interpretation—In this notice:

(a) The principal notice means the Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off Notice (No. 4) 1994 [No. 5358] published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 21st day of July 1994, No. 73 at page 2340); and

(b) Any references to Quota Management Areas, Target species and Bycatch species, and Methods in this notice are as defined or specified in the principal notice.

3. Amendment to principal notice—(1) The principal notice is hereby amended by including SCH 3 as a bycatch species in relation to the target species SPO 3 in quota management area 3.

(2) The ratio of the amount of SCH 3 quota which may be accepted by way of lease or sublease in relation to the amount of SPO 3 catch for which the offer is made shall be 0.4.

(3) The SCH 3 catch must have been taken while fishing for SPO 3 using the method Setnet.

(4) The principal notice is hereby amended by including GUR 3 as a bycatch species in relation to the target species RCO 3 in quota management area 3.

(5) The ratio of the amount of GUR 3 quota which may be accepted by way of lease or sublease in relation to the amount of RCO 3 catch for which the offer is made shall be 2.52.

(6) The GUR 3 catch must have been taken while fishing for RCO 3 using the method Bottom trawl.

(7) Any offers that relate to this notice must be for fishing that has occurred in the months of August, or September 1994 respectively.

4. Revocation—(1) The Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-Off) Notice (No. 5) 1994 (No. 5361) appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on the 4th day of August 1994, No. 77 at page 2475 is hereby revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of August 1994.

B. D. SHALLARD, Acting Deputy Group Director, MAF Fisheries.

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Commerce

Radiocommunications Act 1989

Statement of Government Policy and Directions to Secretary of Commerce

To the Secretary of Commerce.

Pursuant to section 112 of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 ("the Act"), I hereby give you notice that it is part of the general policy of the Government, in relation to your functions, duties and powers under section 111 of the Act and your functions, duties and powers under the Radiocommunications (Radio) Regulations 1993:

(a) That the coverage of the television services known as TV1, TV2 and TV3 should be maintained and should be extended to communities that currently do not receive the service; and

(b) That subject to paragraph (a) the implementation of new television broadcasting services should be facilitated; and

(c) That television services undertaken otherwise than for profit should be facilitated in the UHF range of frequencies; and

(d) That television and sound radio broadcasting services that have as their primary objective the promotion of Maori language and culture should be facilitated; and

(e) That licensing of New Zealand originated short wave sound radio broadcasting should be consistent with the foreign policy of the Government of New Zealand; and

(f) That adequate provision should be made for licensing, in common bands where practicable, of apparatus used by Government departments or Crown agencies where such use is primarily for non-commercial public safety and security operations relating to protection of life and property; and

(g) That there should be competition in telecommunications markets, and that the granting of radio apparatus licences should promote such competition.

Pursuant to the above policies I hereby direct you as follows:

1. VHF television broadcasting—(1) You may grant new radio apparatus licences for VHF television broadcasting services in the ranges of frequencies 44.00 MHz to 51.00 MHz, 54.00 MHz to 68.00 MHz and 174.00 MHz to 230.00 MHz.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause, where a radio apparatus licence is used for television broadcasting services other than for the transmission of the services