4 NOVEMBER 2004

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 143

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Notice of Making of Electricity Governance
Amendment Rules (No. 10) 2004 and Notice of
Reasons for Decision

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

3. The empowering provision for the electricity governance
   regulations in relation to which the Rules are amended is
   section 172D (7) of the Electricity Act 1992.

4. A brief description of the nature of the amendment
   follows:

The amendment consists of inserting a provision for the
Minister of Energy to allow a longer period than
20 business days in which the Electricity Commission
must complete its consideration of all submissions it
receives on the transmission pricing methodology process
and guidelines issues paper.

4. The amendment is made in reliance on the urgency
   provisions in section 172E (3) of the Electricity Act 1992.

5. Pursuant to section 172z (4) of the Electricity Act 1992,
   the reasons for my decision to amend the rules are that:

• due to the number and complexity of the submissions
  the Electricity Commission is likely to receive on the
  transmission pricing methodology process and guidelines
  as well as the high potential for conflicting submissions,
  the Commission may need more than the 20 business
  days currently provided for under Part F of the Rules to
  complete its consideration;

• a similar contingency is provided for in other parts of the
  Rules and I consider it would be prudent to make an
  extension allowable in this case; and

• I consider that the matter is required to be dealt with
  urgently because the amendment to the Rules needs to
  be in force before the 20 working day period for the
  Commission to consider submissions on the transmission
  pricing methodology and guidelines expires on
  3 December 2004.

6. These Rules come into force on 2 December 2004.

7. Copies of the Rules, including this amendment, may be
   inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity
   Commission, Level Seven, ASB Tower, 2 Hunter Street,
   Wellington.

The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Commission
web site:

http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/govern/regs/index.html

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of November 2004.

PETE HODGSON, Minister of Energy.

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National Rural Fire Authority

Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977

Wairarapa Rural Fire District Constitution and
Administration Notice 2004

Pursuant to sections 4 (1) and 8 (1) of the Forest and Rural
Fires Act 1977, the National Rural Fire Authority hereby
makes the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the
Wairarapa Rural Fire District Constitution and Administration
Notice 2004.

(2) This notice comes into force on 1 December 2004.

2. Constitution of the Wairarapa Rural Fire District—
The areas set out in the Schedule to this notice are hereby
constituted and declared to be a rural fire district to be
known as the Wairarapa Rural Fire District.

3. Constitution of the Wairarapa Rural Fire Committee
—The Wairarapa Rural Fire District Committee is hereby
constituted as a rural fire committee.

4. Administration of the Wairarapa Rural Fire District
—(1) For the purposes of the Forest and Rural Fires Act
1977, the Wairarapa Rural Fire District shall be administered
by the Wairarapa Rural Fire District Committee.

(2) The committee shall consist of six members as follows:

(a) One person appointed, in writing, by the Masterton
District Council; and

(b) one person appointed, in writing, by the Carterton
District Council; and

(c) one person appointed, in writing, by the South
Wairarapa District Council; and

(d) one person appointed, in writing, by the Department
of Conservation under the signature of its Director-
General; and

(e) one person appointed in writing by the chief
executives of Juken New Zealand Limited, P F
Olsen and Company Limited, Forest Enterprises
Limited and the Anglican Schools Forestry Trust,
after such consultation as the chief executives
consider appropriate; and

(f) one person appointed by the New Zealand Fire
Service under the signature of its chief executive.

(3) In the event that any appointment to be made under
4 (2) (e) is not carried out within three months of the date by
which the appointment should be made, the national rural
fire officer may appoint to the committee some fit person
who shall represent the interest of the organisations
described in 4 (2) (e).

5. Schedule—(1) All those parcels shown on SO 35990
titled \“Masterton District\”, SO 35993 titled \“Carterton
District\” and SO 35998 titled \“South Wairarapa District\”.
For ease of reference, that land is also shown on plans
numbered NRFA 142 deposited in the National Headquarters
of the New Zealand Fire Service at Wellington.

(2) Excluded from the Wairarapa Rural Fire District are
all \“fire districts\” as defined in section 2 of the Fire Service
Act 1975.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of October 2004.

M. J. DUDFIELD, National Rural Fire Officer.

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