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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 42

For the proviso, refer to issue dated 20 April 2000.

The CARRIL is available on the CAA website [www.caa.govt.nz].

Exemption files may also be viewed on prior request to the Registrar at the office of the Civil Aviation Authority, 1 Market Grove, P.O. Box 31-441, Lower Hutt.

Dated at Lower Hutt on 17 April 2000.

HILARY KEENAN, Docket Clerk.

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Commerce Commission

Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998

Notice of Exemption—Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its Subsidiaries

The commission, pursuant to section 81 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998, exempts Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries from the application of section 17 of that Act in relation to a prohibited cross-involvement in an electricity lines business and an electricity supply business.

The exemption is subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) That Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries shall not introduce a charge to any consumer they supply with electricity, for the use of or related to any electricity lines business they may own or operate.

(b) That Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries shall not prevent access to their electricity lines, on reasonable terms and a timely basis, that any electricity supply business may require to supply electricity to any consumer connected to such lines.

(c) That Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries shall not supply more than 2.5 gigawatt-hours per annum of electricity to any consumer (unrelated to Tranz Rail Holdings Limited) in New Zealand, excluding any electricity injected back into the National Grid as a result of regenerative engine braking by locomotives on the North Island Main Trunk railway.

(d) That Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries shall not enforce any clause in any lease or other agreement with their tenants which requires a tenant to take a supply of electricity from Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries so that any tenant shall be free to choose their electricity supplier.

(e) That Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries will use their best endeavours to provide such reasonable information that any tenant taking a supply of electricity from Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries may request to enable that tenant to assess competitive options available to it for the supply of electricity.

(f) That Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries generate electricity only for their own consumption excluding:

• any electricity injected into the National Grid as a result of regenerative engine braking by locomotives on the North Island Main Trunk railway;
• electricity injected into the National Grid or local distribution network during times of civil emergency; and
• any electricity generated on board a train or inter-island ferry and consumed by a party unrelated to Tranz Rail Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries.

The commission may vary or revoke this exemption in accordance with section 81 (5) of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998.

The exemption takes effect from the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

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Notice of Exemption—Ms Joan Withers

The commission, pursuant to section 81, exempts Ms Joan Withers from the application of section 17 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998, in relation to a prohibited cross-involvement in an electricity lines and an electricity supply business.

The exemption is subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) That Meridian Energy Limited shall not enter into any kind of contract or arrangement with Auckland International Airport Limited that relates to the use of Auckland International Airport Limited’s electricity distribution network whilst Ms Withers is a director of both Meridian Energy Limited and Auckland International Airport Limited; and

(b) That Ms Withers informs the commission if she becomes a director of any company other than those described in her application for exemption.

The commission may vary or revoke this exemption in accordance with section 81 (5) of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998.

The exemption takes effect from the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

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Transit New Zealand

Transit New Zealand Act 1989

Transit New Zealand (Bylaws Revocation) Bylaw 2000

Pursuant to section 70 of the Transit New Zealand Act 1989, Transit New Zealand hereby makes the following bylaw:

B y l a w

1. This bylaw may be cited as the Transit New Zealand Bylaw 2000/1 and shall come into force on the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. The bylaws specified in the Schedule to this notice are hereby revoked.

Schedule

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1996/3.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/3.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/4.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/6.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/7.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/8.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/12.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/13.

Transit New Zealand Bylaw 1999/14.

This bylaw was made by resolution at a meeting of Transit New Zealand held at Wellington on the 5th day of April 2000.