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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 210

22 DECEMBER 2005

Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Airworthiness Directives

Pursuant to section 72I (3A) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, I, John Douglas Stanton, Continuing Airworthiness Specialist,
acting under a delegation from the Director of Civil Aviation, hereby issue the following airworthiness directives in respect of
aircraft or aeronautical products:

DCA/B90/19
DCA/B90/20
DCA/B90/21
DCA/B90/22
DCA/B90/23
DCA/B90/24
DCA/B90/25
DCA/B90/26
DCA/B90/27
DCA/B90/28
DCA/B90/29
DCA/B90/30
DCA/B90/31
DCA/B90/32
DCA/B90/33
DCA/BELL206/83A
DCA/BELL206/85
DCA/BELL206/86
DCA/BELL212/40
DCA/BELL412/8
DCA/EC120/9A
DCA/EC130/13
DCA/TUR/34
DCA/McC/150
DCA/DH89/111

These airworthiness directives shall come into force on 22 December 2005.

Airworthiness directives may be viewed on the CAA web site (www.caa.govt.nz) or at Aviation House, 10 Hutt Road, Petone.

Dated this 19th day of December 2005.

JOHN D. STANTON, Team Leader Continuing Airworthiness.

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Commerce Commission

Commerce Act 1986

Commerce Act (Intention to Declare Control:
Transpower New Zealand Limited) Notice 2005

Part 4A of the Commerce Act 1986 (“the Act”) came into
effect on 8 August 2001 and, among other things, requires
the Commerce Commission (“Commission”) to implement
a targeted control regime for the regulation of large
electricity lines businesses (lines businesses) – namely
electricity distribution businesses (distribution businesses)
and Transpower New Zealand Limited (Transpower).

The Targeted Control Regime

The purpose of subpart 1 of Part 4A is to promote the
efficient operation of markets directly related to electricity
distribution and transmission services through targeted
control for the long-term benefit of consumers by ensuring
that suppliers:

(a) are limited in their ability to extract excessive
profits; and

(b) face strong incentives to improve efficiency and
provide services at a quality that reflects consumer
demands; and

(c) share the benefits of efficiency gains with
consumers, including through lower prices.

As part of the targeted control regime, the Commission
must set thresholds for the declaration of control in relation
to lines businesses, assess those businesses against the
thresholds it has set, identify any business that breaches
the thresholds, and determine whether or not to make a
declaration of control in relation to all or any of the goods or
services supplied by a lines business identified as having
breached a threshold.

The thresholds are effectively a screening mechanism for the
Commission to identify lines businesses whose performance
may warrant further examination and, if necessary, control.
On 6 June 2003, after consulting with interested parties as to
possible thresholds, the Commission set two thresholds
– a CPI-X price path threshold and a quality threshold –
applicable until 31 March 2004 for distribution businesses,
and 30 June 2004 for Transpower.

These initial thresholds were set by the Commerce Act
(Electricity Lines Thresholds) Notice 2003 published as a
Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 6 June 2003,
No. 62, page 1685.

The Commission reset the thresholds for all distribution
businesses for a five-year regulatory period from 1 April
2004, and for Transpower from 1 July 2004 for a period of
one year.

The 2004 reset thresholds for Transpower were set by
the Commerce Act (Transpower Thresholds) Notice 2004
published as a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette,
30 June 2004, No. 81, page 2019. Transpower’s thresholds
were reset for a further one year period from 1 July 2005.

The 2005 reset thresholds for Transpower were set by
the Commerce Act (Transpower Thresholds) Notice 2005
published as a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette,
29 June 2005, No. 98, page 2277.

Before making a declaration of control, the Commission is
required under section 57I to:

● publish its intention to make a declaration and invite
interested persons to give their views on the matter; and

● give a reasonable opportunity to interested persons to
give those views; and

● have regard to those views.

Intention to Declare Control

Transpower New Zealand Limited owns and operates
New Zealand’s high-voltage electricity transmission
network (the National Grid), linking generators to