22 JUNE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Cancellation of Licence for an Early Childhood Centre

Pursuant to Regulation 12 (1) of the Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998, and acting under authority delegated by the Secretary for Education, I hereby cancel the licence dated 23 December 1999, which was granted under those regulations to Sharyn Hoerara in respect of Wadestown Playcentre (60052), situated at 117 Wadestown Road, Wadestown, Wellington.

This notice shall take effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

KATHY PHILLIPS, Senior Manager, National Operations.

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Cancellation of Licence for an Early Childhood Centre

Pursuant to Regulation 12 (1) of the Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998, and acting under authority delegated by the Secretary for Education, I hereby cancel the licence dated 20 September 1999, which was granted under those regulations to Robert Hill in respect of Playmates Childcare Centre (60375), situated at Wainuiomata College, Wainuiomata.

This notice shall take effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

KATHY PHILLIPS, Senior Manager, National Operations.

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Cancellation of Licence for an Early Childhood Centre

Pursuant to Regulation 12 of the Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998, and acting under authority delegated by the Secretary for Education, I hereby cancel the licence dated 15 December 1997, which was granted under those regulations to Tina Bartlett in respect of Te Whanau o Raihona Kohanga Reo, situated at 4 Raleigh Place, Flaxmere, Hastings.

This notice shall take effect the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

KATHY PHILLIPS, Senior Manager, National Operations.

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Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975

Supplementary Integration Agreement

Pursuant to section 10 of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, notice is given that a supplementary integration agreement has been signed between the Minister of Education on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, acting through the Senior Manager, National Operations, Ministry of Education, pursuant to delegated authority, and the proprietor of the following school:

Faith Academy School, Wanganui.

The said supplementary integration agreement was executed on the 16th day of May 2000.

A copy of the supplementary integration agreement is available for inspection without charge by any member of the public at the district office of the Ministry of Education, 116 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of May 2000.

KATHY PHILLIPS, Senior Manager, National Operations.

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Environment

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

This Notice Records the Voluntary Moratorium Discussed Between the Government and Persons Involved in the Field Testing or Release of Genetically Modified Organisms

The purpose of this notice is to explain the terms of the voluntary moratorium on the release and field testing of genetically modified organisms that is in place during the term of the Royal Commission into Genetic Modification and for a time after it has reported.

The notice explains the moratorium, including the criteria for exemption and the process for requesting an exemption from the Minister for the Environment to field test a genetically modified organism.

Notice

1. Application of voluntary moratorium—(1) The voluntary moratorium applies to all applications made in accordance with the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 to field test a genetically modified organism, to import a genetically modified organism for release, or to release a genetically modified organism from containment.

(2) The voluntary moratorium came into force on 14 June 2000 and expires on 31 August 2001.

2. Compliance with voluntary moratorium—A person complies with the voluntary moratorium if that person does not apply to the Environmental Risk Management Authority to field test a genetically modified organism or release a genetically modified organism, unless the person requests and receives an exemption from the Minister for the Environment.

3. Requesting an exemption from voluntary moratorium—A person may request an exemption from the voluntary moratorium by sending to the Minister for the Environment information that explains why a proposed application to field test a genetically modified organism meets the criteria for exemption from the moratorium and how the proposed application will meet the prescribed containment controls. This request for exemption should be made before an application, prepared in accordance with the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, is formally lodged with the Environmental Risk Management Authority.

4. Exemptions from voluntary moratorium—The Minister for the Environment, in consultation with other relevant Ministers, may agree that an application to field test a genetically modified organism be exempt from the voluntary moratorium and lodged with the Environmental Risk Management Authority if:

(a) The application specifies controls for the genetically modified organism that comply with clause 5 of this notice; and

(b) One or more of the following matters applies to the field test:

(i) The field test involves fermentation of more than 10 litres of micro-organisms in conditions of highly secure containment;

(ii) The field test is for medical purposes, or for the development of therapeutic agents and the field test is necessary to continue an existing line of