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accordance with Standing Order 273 of the House of Representatives at the District Court, Palmerston North.

A copy of the Bill is available for inspection at the offices of the solicitors to the promoter, Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young, Sixth Floor, Grey Street, Wellington.

Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association:

MICHAEL JOHN MILLAR, Chief Executive.

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Departmental Notices

Commerce

Patents Act 1953

Designs Act 1953

The Canterbury International Agricultural Show to be an Industrial Exhibition

CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General

A DECLARATION

Pursuant to section 60 (2) of the Patents Act 1953, and section 10 (2) of the Designs Act 1953, I, Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby declare the Canterbury International Agricultural Show to be held at the A & P Showgrounds, Lincoln Road, Christchurch, New Zealand from Wednesday, 8 November 1995 to Friday, 10 November 1995, to be an Industrial Exhibition for the purposes of the said Acts.

As witness the hand of Her Excellency the Governor-General this 18th day of October 1995.

PHILIP BURDON, Minister of Commerce.

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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 the Radiocommunications (Radio) Regulations 1993—

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

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

(c) 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

(d) 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

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

(f) That the frequency range 100–108 MHz be cleared of land mobile services so that it can be made available, by way of licences under section 48 of the Radiocommunications Act, for broadcasting services.

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

1. UHF television broadcasting—You shall not grant new radio apparatus licences for UHF television broadcasting services in the range of frequencies 582 MHz to 646 MHz, except where the granting of such licences is necessary for the purpose of—

(a) Maintaining the services provided by existing licences in relation to those frequencies; or

(b) The implementation of new television broadcasting services; the primary objective of which is the promotion of Maori language and culture, where transmissions of such services are licensed for no more than 12 months. Such licences may be renewed for subsequent periods not exceeding 12 months, until a record of management rights is recorded under the Act in respect of the frequency to which the licence relates; or

(c) The implementation of new television broadcasting services undertaken otherwise than for profit, where transmissions of such services are licensed for not more than 12 months. Such licences may be renewed for subsequent periods not exceeding 12 months, until a record of management rights is recorded under the Act in respect of the frequency to which the licence relates.

2. Sound radio broadcasting—You shall not grant new radio apparatus licences for—

(a) Sound radio broadcasting services in the range of frequencies 88.2 MHz to 88.8 MHz except where the granting of such licences is necessary for the purpose of the implementation of new sound radio broadcasting services, the primary objective of which is the promotion of Maori language and culture, and where transmission of such services are licensed for no more than 12 months. Such licences may be renewed for subsequent periods not exceeding 12 months, until a record of management rights is recorded under the Act in respect of the frequency to which the licence relates; or

(b) New Zealand originated short wave sound radio broadcasting, in frequency bands below 30 MHz allocated for broadcasting in the International Radio Regulations, where such services are inconsistent with the foreign policies of the Government of New Zealand.

3. Telecommunications—(1) You shall make adequate provision 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 you may decline to