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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Commerce Commission

Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998

Notice of Exemption—The Lines Company Limited

The Commerce Commission (“Commission”), pursuant
to section 81 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act
1998 (“the EIR Act”), exempts The Lines Company Limited
(“TLC”) from compliance with section 17 of the EIR
Act in respect of the cross-involvement (as that term is
defined in the EIR Act) that would be created through
its investment in a hydro generation plant, located on
the Waikohu Stream near Gisborne, through TLC’s wholly
owned subsidiary Matawai Hydro Limited (“MHL”) outlined
in its application for exemption registered by the Commission
on 5 March 2007.

The exemption is subject to the following conditions:

(a) TLC will ensure that no more than two-thirds of the
Board of Directors of MHL are directors who are
either:

(i) a manager of TLC;

(ii) an associate of TLC, other than by virtue of
being a director of MHL; or

(iii) involved in the business of TLC;

(b) MHL and TLC’s electricity lines business must
comply with rules 1 to 6 and 11 to 15 of the Arms
Length Rules set out in Schedule 1 of the EIR Act;

(c) TLC must not be involved either directly or
indirectly in the selling of electricity generated by
the Matawai Scheme to any customer connected to
TLC’s electricity network. This does not preclude
the selling of electricity either into the New Zealand
Wholesale Electricity Market, or to an electricity
retailer for the purpose of supplying retail customers,
whether those retail customers are connected to
TLC’s electricity network or otherwise;

(d) any generation asset to which this exemption relates
must not be connected to electricity lines owned or
operated by TLC except to the extent that is necessary

in order to connect the generation asset to the local
distribution network; and

(e) this exemption is specific to the cross-involvements
created through TLC’s involvement in MHL for the
purposes of developing the proposed hydro generation
plant at Matawai. It does not extend to any other
interest or existing or future cross-involvement of
TLC.

The exemption takes effect from the date of publication of
this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

The Commission may vary or revoke the exemption in
accordance with section 81(5) of the EIR Act.

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Maritime New Zealand

Maritime Transport Act 1994

Notification of Maritime Rules

Comments are invited on the following proposed maritime
rule developed under the Maritime Transport Act 1994:

Part 90 – Pilotage

Comments should be made by 19 December 2007.

Copies of the draft rule are available free of charge from
Maritime New Zealand, Level 10, Optimation House,
1 Grey Street, Wellington, or by contacting the Rules
Administrator, Rules and International Standards at
rules.coordinator@maritimenz.govt.nz
or telephone (04) 494 1273 or by facsimile (04) 494 1263 or
by writing to PO Box 27006, Wellington.
Copies are also available on the Maritime New Zealand
website

www.maritimenz.govt.nz

SHARYN FORSYTH, Manager Safety Research and
Analysis.

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Land Notices

Conservation Act 1987

Declaring Land to be Held for
Conservation Purposes

Under the Conservation Act 1987, the Acting Conservator
for the Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy of the Department
of Conservation declares that the land described in the
Schedule is held for conservation purposes.

Nelson Land District—Tasman District

Schedule

Dated at Nelson this 26th day of October 2007.

J. M. GOULD.

(DOC PAL-03-02-10-02)

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Declaring Land to be Held for
Conservation Purposes

Under the Conservation Act 1987, the Acting Conservator
for the Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy of the Department
of Conservation declares that the land described in the
Schedule is held for conservation purposes.