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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 121

16 SEPTEMBER 2004

Outputs comprise the following:

• Increasing knowledge and awareness of the state of New Zealand’s ecosystems and improving their health, diversity and resilience;
  $33,816,000

• increasing understanding of the global biophysical environment;
  $24,119,400

• improving the quality of human environments and enhancing the capacity to use and manage ecosystems efficiently and sustainably; and
  $5,947,000

• sustainable management of the productive sector’s environment.
  $30,496,600

As it invests, the foundation will give priority to portfolios of research that meet the following criteria:

• Scientific and technological quality; and

• contributions to the understanding of species, habitats and ecosystems, and the human, pest and other influences to which they are exposed.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of September 2004.

PETE HODGSON, Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

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Tertiary Education Commission

Industry Training Act 1992

REINZ Industry Training Organisation Limited

Pursuant to section 5 of the Industry Training Act 1992, full recognition has been granted to REINZ Industry Training Organisation Limited to set standards at Levels 1 to 8 on the National Qualifications Framework for the real estate industry for a further period of five years with effect from 24 June 2004.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of September 2004.

STEVE MAHAREY, Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education).

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 8) 2004

Pursuant to section 172I of the Electricity Act 1992, I notify the amendment of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“the Rules”).

The empowering provisions for the electricity governance regulations in relation to which the Rules are amended are sections 172D (2) (a) and (b) of the Electricity Act 1992.

A brief description of the nature of the amendment follows:

The amendment consists of removing the requirement for the system operator to provide constraint information to the reconciliation manager, and replace it with the requirement for the system operator to provide disconnected node information to the reconciliation manager.

These rules come into force on 14 October 2004.

Copies of the Rules, including this amendment, may be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Governance Board (also known as the Electricity Commission), Level Seven, ASB Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.

The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Governance Board web site:
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/govern/regs/index.html

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 2004.

PETE HODGSON, Minister of Energy.

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Electricity Governance Regulations 2003

Notice of the Grant of an Exemption No. 26

This notice of the grant of an exemption is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), formally constituted as the Electricity Governance Board under the Electricity Act 1992, pursuant to Regulation 194 of the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003 (“Regulations”) in favour of Transpower New Zealand Limited (“Transpower”), Contact Energy Limited (“Contact”), Meridian Energy Limited (“Meridian”), Genesis Power Limited (“Genesis”) and Alinta ENZ Limited (“Alinta”).

This exemption is being granted under urgency in reliance on Regulation 194 (4).

Notice of the Grant of an Exemption (“notice”)

Regulation 194 (2) requires that the exemption and the Commission’s reasons for granting it are notified in the New Zealand Gazette as soon as practicable after being granted.

Subject to the terms and conditions imposed upon Transpower, Contact, Meridian, Genesis and Alinta in respect of any exemption contained within this notice, the Commission hereby notifies it grants an exemption to Transpower, Contact, Meridian, Genesis and Alinta from the requirement to comply with the following Electricity Governance Rules (“Rules”):

1. Rule 11.5.2 of section IV of part C (event costs allocated to event causers).

Terms and Conditions of the Grant of the Exemption

Pursuant to Regulation 194 (1), the Commission may, in its discretion and upon the terms and conditions (if any) that it thinks fit, exempt any participant, or class of participants, from compliance with all or any of the Rules.