28 SEPTEMBER 2006
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 112

Electricity Governance Regulations 2003

Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 38 (Transpower New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2006

Pursuant to Regulation 194 (2) of the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003, the Electricity Commission gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 38 (Transpower New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2006.
   (2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Exemption—Transpower New Zealand Limited (“system operator”) is exempted from compliance with Rule 14 of Section II of Part C of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003.

3. Terms and conditions—This exemption is granted on the following conditions:
   (a) That the annual review submitted by the system operator for the period 1 September 2006 to 31 August 2007 must also cover the period 1 March 2006 to 31 August 2006; and
   (b) that the exemption will expire on 29 September 2007.

4. Reasons for granting the exemption—The reasons for granting this exemption are:
   (a) Rule 14 previously required the system operator to provide an annual self-review by the end of March each year. The system operator therefore provided its last self-review on 31 March 2006;
   (b) Rule 14 was amended in June 2006, so that it now requires the system operator to provide the self-review no later than 30 September each year;
   (c) compliance with this Rule would therefore mean that the system operator would have provided two self-reviews in 2006; and
   (d) it would be unreasonable, and not the best utilisation of the system operator’s resources, to force the system operator to provide two self-reviews of its performance in the 2006 year.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of September 2006.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:

PETER HARRIS, Commissioner.

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Environmental Risk Management Authority

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

Notice of Approval of Code of Practice

Pursuant to section 79 (5) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“the Act”), the Environmental Risk Management Authority advises that it approved on 25 September 2006, the Code of Practice: Product Labelling and Documentation Guide for Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines.

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This code is intended to provide a means of compliance with the regulatory requirements of the Hazardous Substances Regulations for identification of hazardous substances issued under the Act.

These requirements are principally contained in Part 1 of the Hazardous Substances (Identification) Regulations 2001, Part 2 of the Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001, and Regulations 11 and 12 of the Hazardous Substances (Disposal) Regulations 2001.

This code can be inspected from 2 October 2006, at the Wellington office of ERMA New Zealand, Level One, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, and will be able to be purchased from the New Zealand Chemical Industry Council, P.O. Box 5069, Wellington, or downloaded from the Agcarm web site:

www.agcarm.co.nz

ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, ERMA New Zealand.

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Notice of Approval of Code of Practice

Pursuant to section 79 (5) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“the Act”), the Environmental Risk Management Authority advises that it approved on 25 September 2006, the Code of Practice for Preparation of Safety Data Sheets.

This code is intended to provide a means of compliance with the regulatory requirements of the Hazardous Substances Regulations for documentation for hazardous substances in places of work issued under the Act.

These requirements are principally contained in Part 2 of the Hazardous Substances (Identification) Regulations 2001, Part 3 of the Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001, and Regulations 13 and 14 of the Hazardous Substances (Disposal) Regulations 2001.

This code can be inspected from 9 October 2006, at the Wellington office of ERMA New Zealand, Level One, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, and will be able to be purchased from the New Zealand Chemical Industry Council, P.O. Box 5069, Wellington, or downloaded from the web site:

www.nzcic.org.nz

ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, ERMA New Zealand.

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Notice of Intention to Issue Code of Practice

Pursuant to section 79 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority gives notice that it intends to issue the Code of Practice for the Filling of Below Ground Petrol Tanks by Pumping.

This code has been developed by the Environmental Risk Management Authority and sets out a means of compliance with the requirements of Schedule 8, clause 35A (b) of the Hazardous Substances (Dangerous Goods and Scheduled Toxic Substances) Transfer Notice 2004 (as amended).

Written submissions in relation to the approval of this code can be made by mail, facsimile or email to:

Code of Practice Submissions, Hazardous Substances Group, ERMA New Zealand, P.O. Box 131, Wellington.

Facsimile: (04) 914 0433. Email: dginfo@ermanz.govt.nz

Submissions close on 27 October 2006.

A copy of the code can be inspected at the Wellington Office of ERMA New Zealand, Level One, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

It is also available on the ERMA New Zealand web site:

www.ermanz.govt.nz

ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, ERMA New Zealand.

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