12 OCTOBER 2006

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 116

Recommendation

3. On 5 November 2006, the Commission made a recommendation that Technical Code C of Schedule C3 of Part C of the Rules be amended, by amending Rules 1–3, deleting Rule 5, and amending Appendices A1 and A2.

Recommended Amendments to the Rules

4. The recommended amendments to the Rules change the obligations of participants to provide operational communication facilities to:

(a) place obligations on the parties best able to meet those obligations; and

(b) provide an appropriate balance between the system operator’s requirements for the availability of operational communications and the practical and economic limitations of communication assets.

5. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation and assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s web site:

http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/recommend

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of October 2006.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
PETER HARRIS, Commissioner.
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Notice of Making of a Recommendation and Assessment Concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 – Rule Amendment Proposal No. 98, 2006

1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 98, 2006, is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), established under the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), pursuant to section 172E (2) (c) of that Act.

2. Section 172E (2) (c) of the Act provides that, no later than 10 working days after making a recommendation concerning the Rules to the Minister of Energy, the Commission must publicise the recommendation and the assessment completed under section 172F of the Act.

Recommendation

3. On 5 October 2006, the Commission made a recommendation that Technical Code C of Schedule C3 of Part C be amended by amending Rule 4 and Appendices B and C.

Recommended Amendments to the Rules

4. The recommended amendments to Technical Code C of Schedule C3 of Part C of the Rules:

(a) require participants to provide a revised set of indications and measurements to the system operator to allow the system operator to meet its principal performance obligations; and

(b) avoid incremental investment for existing assets where there would be no appreciable enhancement in quality levels as a result of that investment.

5. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation and assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s web site:

http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/recommend

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of October 2006.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
PETER HARRIS, Commissioner.
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Land Notices

Public Works Act 1981

Land Acquired for Road—Western Avenue, Western Bay of Plenty District

Pursuant to section 20 of the Public Works Act 1981, and to a delegation from the Minister for Land Information, R. J. Sutherland, Land Information New Zealand, declares that, an agreement to that effect having been entered into, the land described in the Schedule to this notice is hereby acquired for road and shall vest in the Western Bay of Plenty District Council on the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

South Auckland Land District—Western Bay of Plenty District Council

Schedule

Dated at Auckland this 27th day of September 2006.

R. J. SUTHERLAND, for the Minister for Land Information.
(LINZ CPC/2005/10913)
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Land Set Apart for Recreation Reserve—Hickling Park, Taupo District

Pursuant to section 52 (4) of the Public Works Act 1981, and to a delegation from the Minister for Land Information, R. J. Sutherland, Land Information New Zealand, declares the land described in the Schedule to this notice to be set apart for recreation reserve, subject to the Reserves Act 1977, on the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, and to remain vested in the Taupo District Council.

South Auckland Land District—Taupo District

Schedule

Dated at Auckland this 26th day of September 2006.

R. J. SUTHERLAND, for the Minister for Land Information.
(LINZ CPC/2006/11680)
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Land Set Apart for Education Purposes—Oparau Primary School and Residence, Oparau

Pursuant to section 52 (1) of the Public Works Act 1981, and to a delegation from the Minister for Land Information, Stephen Robert Gilbert, Land Information New Zealand,