NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 147

23 NOVEMBER 2006

• The Ohakea CTR/C (NZA 356) is amended as NZA 352 with boundary changes and a change in classification to class D.

• The Ohakea (NZM 303), Raumai (NZM 304) and Tangimoana (NZM 308) military operating areas are disestablished.

• New military operating areas NZM 302 (Taranaki Bight), NZM 306 (Raumai), NZM 310 (Ohakea), NZM 311 (Bulls) and NZM 312 (Manawatu Coast) have been established.

• The Ohakea 3,500ft CTA/C (NZA 336) and 4,500ft CTA/C (NZA 341) boundaries have been amended with new codes (NZA 333 and NZA 334 respectively).

• The Ohakea 1,500ft CTA/C (NZA 335) and 2,500ft (NZA 339) have boundary amendments and new codes (NZA 331 and NZA 332 respectively).

• The Palmerston North CTR/D (NZA 357) is amended as NZA 353 with boundary changes.

• A new Oroua VFR transit lane (NZT 354) is established.

• The Gorge VFR transit lane has boundary changes and a new alphanumeric code (NZT 355).

• The Halcombe and Oroua River general aviation areas (NZG 578 and NZG 579) have been combined as NZG 358 (Feilding GAA) with boundary amendments.

• The Homer Tunnel restricted area (NZR 701) upper limit is amended.

The following Queenstown controlled airspace is disestablished:

• Queenstown CTR/D (NZA 753), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 742), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 743), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 731), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 744), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 732), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 733), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 945).

The following Queenstown controlled airspace is established:

• Queenstown CTR/D (NZA 755), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 730), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 734), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 737), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 738), Queenstown CTA/D (NZA 739).

The following general aviation areas have amendments (new codes in brackets):

• NZG 771 (Coronet Peak, NZG 751), NZG 772 (Crown Terrace, NZG 753).

• The Queenstown general aviation area NZG 770 has a change to NZG 750.

A new Kawarau general aviation area NZG 754 is established.

Prescribed pursuant to Civil Aviation Rule Part 71 of the Civil Aviation Rules, under a delegated authority issued by the Director of Civil Aviation.

Copies of these amendments are available for viewing at http://www.caa.govt.nz (New Zealand Air Navigation Register) and at Aviation House, 10 Hutt Road, Petone, or on application to the Aeronautical Service Unit, CAA, P.O. Box 31-441, Lower Hutt 5040.

Dated this 16th day of November 2006.

MARK CLIFFORD HINGSTON, Manager Aeronautical Services, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.

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Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 46) 2006 and Notice of Reasons for Decision

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

2. The empowering provisions for the Electricity Governance Regulations, in relation to which the amendments to the Rules are made, are sections 172D (1) (a), 172D (1) (b), 172D (1) (d), 172D (1) (16) and 172D (1) (18) of the Act.

3. There has been the creation of a new Part J (Reconciliation) which has resulted in a substantial rewrite of section VI of Part G and the associated reconciliation-related schedules (in particular Schedules G7 and G8 of Part G) and significant, but less substantial amendments to Parts A, D, E, and H, as well as other sections of Part G. This is to ensure that the Rules reflect the recommendations for enhancing the reconciliation system, contained in the Electricity Commission Reconciliation Project Team (ECRPT) final report. The four key recommendations of the ECRPT report were the:

(a) elimination of incumbency;

(b) facilitation and treatment of embedded generation data processing;

(c) development of a compliance and audit regime; and

(d) grouping of grid exit points (GXPs) for reconciliation.

4. Pursuant to section 172Z (4) of the Act, the reasons for my decision to amend the Rules are to:

(a) provide a coherent reconciliation process that clearly sets out the expectations to be placed on industry participants;

(b) improve the quality of data that goes into the reconciliation process;

(c) remove ambiguity about what actions the reconciliation rules actually require;

(d) clarify the processes that retailers must follow when a consumer switches retailers (switching); and

(e) set a platform for future enhancements, should they be required.

5. These Rules come into force on 1 May 2008.

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

7. The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Commission’s web site:

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

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of November 2006.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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