27 FEBRUARY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Antarctic New Zealand

British Settlements Act 1887

Officer of the Government of Ross Dependency Appointed

SILVIA CARTWRIGHT, Governor-General

Background:

A. An Order in Council dated 30 July 1923* (“the order”) made under the British Settlements Act 1887 (UK) appoints the Governor-General of New Zealand to be the Governor of the Ross Dependency (“the Governor”) and vests in the Governor certain powers:

B. The order empowers the Governor to make rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency:

C. Regulations made by the Governor on 14 November 1923† provide that all persons appointed by the Governor may be empowered to do such things as may be necessary or desirable to ensure that the laws in force in the Dependency are duly observed and complied with in every respect, and to do all things necessary or expedient for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency, and to safeguard and preserve Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty over and in respect of the Dependency:

D. It is now expedient that Douglas Bell be appointed an officer of the Government of the Dependency:

Now therefore I, Dame Silvia Cartwright, the Governor-General of New Zealand, and as such the Governor of the Dependency, appoint

Douglas Bell

to be an officer of the Government of the Dependency while he acts as Senior New Zealand Representative at Scott Base during the period beginning with this appointment and ending with the close of 10 October 2003.

I confer on Douglas Bell, while he holds office as an officer of the Government of the Dependency, all the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Justice of the Peace, and also the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Coroner.

Douglas Bell is to exercise his functions at such places within the Dependency as may be directed by an officer of the Government of the Dependency who has the general executive and administrative authority in preserving Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty and the laws in force in the Dependency.

As witness the hand of Her Excellency the Governor-General as the Governor of the Ross Dependency, this 17th day of February 2003.

PHIL GOFF, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

*New Zealand Gazette, 1923, Vol. II, page 2211
†New Zealand Gazette, 1923, Vol. III, page 2815

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Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Summary of Exemptions Granted by the Director of Civil Aviation

In accordance with section 37 (3) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, notification is hereby given that the Director of Civil Aviation has granted the following exemption from the Civil Aviation Rule requirements:

General Exemption: 67.19 (b) (1) – validity period for general and specialist examination reports.

A copy of this exemption is available on the CAA web site:

www.caa.govt.nz

Refer to:

http://www.caa.govt.nz/rules/general_exemption.html under Part 67 Medical Standards and Certification.

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

Dated at Lower Hutt this 20th day of February 2003.

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Commerce Commission

Telecommunications Act 2001

Determination of Pricing Principles of the Designated Access Service

On 30 January 2003, the Minister of Communications, Paul Swain, requested that an investigation be commenced by the Commerce Commission (“the Commission”), pursuant to Part I of Schedule 3 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (“the Act”), to determine whether the initial pricing principle of the designated access service

“Bundle of retail services offered by means of Telecom New Zealand Limited’s fixed telecommunications network”

should be amended.

Pursuant to clause 1 (3) of Schedule 3 of the Act, the Commission gives public notice that it has decided, under clause 1 of Schedule 3 of the Act, to commence an investigation to determine whether the initial pricing principle of the designated access service

“Bundle of retail services offered by means of Telecom New Zealand Limited’s fixed telecommunications network”

should be amended.

Date of Decision: 14 February 2003.

COMMERCE COMMISSION.

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