Commerce Act Definitions




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(ii) for collection, during ordinary office hours, from the principal
office of the person making the information available,—

whichever the person requesting the information prefers;
and the term “public disclosure” has a corresponding meaning

rates, in relation to a lines business, means the rates on system fixed assets (as
defined in the Regulations) paid or payable by the lines business to a territorial
local authority under the Rating Powers Act 1988 or the Local Government
(Rating) Act 2002 during the period concerned

Regulations means the Electricity (Information Disclosure) Regulations 1999

SAIDI class B means the system average interruption duration index for planned
interruptions by the lines business

SAIDI class C means the system average interruption duration index for
unplanned interruptions originating within the works of the lines business, where
those works are used for carrying out lines business activities

SAIFI class B means the system average interruption frequency index for
planned interruptions by the lines business

SAIFI class C means the system average interruption frequency index for
unplanned interruptions originating within the works of the lines business, where
those works are used for carrying out lines business activities

second assessment date means 30 June 2004 for Transpower and 31 March 2004
for all other lines businesses

second reference date means the date during the period commencing on the day
after the publication date and ending on the first assessment date that results in the
highest value being assigned to notional revenue for that period for the lines
business concerned

specified services means—

(a) in relation to a lines business other than Transpower, all goods and
services, provided in New Zealand, that are electricity distribution goods
or services or are directly related to the provision of electricity
distribution, and includes—

(i) the provision, operation, and maintenance of electricity works
    such as lines, cables and substations that facilitate the local or
    regional conveyance of electricity from embedded generators or
    one or more of Transpower’s substations to customers; and

(ii)    the sale of electricity conveyance services to electricity retailers
    or customers—

but does not include—


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 62


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2003, No 62





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