27 SEPTEMBER 2007

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 106

Notification of Ordinary Rules

In accordance with section 34(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, notice is hereby given that the Minister for Transport Safety signed the following ordinary Civil Aviation Rules on 24 September 2007 which will come into force on 25 October 2007:

All parts were issued under CAA Docket 5/CAR/3:

Part

1—Definitions and Abbreviations (Amendment 35)

67—Medical Standards and Certification (Amendment 3)

91—General Operating and Flight Rules (Amendment 17)

108—Air Operator Security Programme (Amendment 6)

119—Air Operator – Certification (Amendment 9)

121—Air Operations – Large Aeroplanes (Amendment 17)

125—Air Operations – Medium Aeroplanes (Amendment 12)

133—Helicopter External Load Operations (Amendment 3)

135—Air Operations – Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes (Amendment 16)

145—Aircraft Maintenance Organisations – Certification (Amendment 8)

These ordinary rules are available for inspection at the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, 10 Hutt Road, Petone.

Postal Address: PO Box 31441, Lower Hutt 5040.

They may be downloaded from the CAA website www.caa.govt.nz or purchased from The Colour Guy, freephone 0800 438 785.

Dated at Petone this 25th day of September 2007.

STEVE DOUGLAS, Director of Civil Aviation.

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Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 58) 2007 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)(4), 172D(1)(5), 172D(1)(28), 172J(1)(aa), 172J(1)(g) and 172KA of the Act.

3. A brief description of the nature of the amendments is as follows:

(a) Amendments to the availability and reliability service measures and levels that will now apply at the point of service level. Transpower will also be required to provide estimates of the expected performance for all connection assets up to the point of connection on request;

(b) amendments to the benchmark agreement and Section II of Part F of the Rules, including the insertion of a new Schedule F2A in Part F, to provide for a transition period during which Transpower will not have to separately report on the performance of connection and interconnection assets;

(c) minor amendments to terminology and definitions in the benchmark agreement and Part A of the Rules;

(d) amendments to Section II of Part F of the Rules to implement the revised service measures and transitional requirements; and

(e) amendments to Section VI of Part F of the Rules to provide transitional requirements for reporting on the performance of interconnection assets.

4. Some of the amendments are made in reliance on section 172F(3) of the Act.

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

(a) the amendments create achievable benchmark agreement reporting standards and reflect a fair and reasonable balance between the requirements of designated transmission customers and the legitimate interests of Transpower;

(b) a transitional period of 12 months will provide Transpower adequate time to develop separate measures for connection and interconnection assets and related reporting systems; and

(c) the amendments also improve the clarity and certainty of the Rules.

6. These rules come into force on 25 October 2007.

7. Copies of the Rules may be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Commission, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington. The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Commission’s website: http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/rules

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of September 2007.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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Notice of Making of a Recommendation and Assessment Concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 – Rule Amendment Proposal No. 113, 2007

1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 113, is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“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 20 September 2007, the Commission made a recommendation that:

(a) Part A of the Rules be amended;