570 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 24 1 MARCH 2007

Environmental Risk

Management Authority

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms

Act 1996

Determination of New Organism

Pursuant to section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority hereby determines that

Paenibacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al 1994

is a new organism.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 2007.

DR MAX SUCKLING, Chair, Decision-making Committee of the Authority.

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Maritime New Zealand

Maritime Transport Act 1994

Notice of Exemption from Maritime Rules 40B.20 and 40B.21

I, Bruce John Maroc, Deputy Director of Monitoring and Compliance, Maritime New Zealand, being satisfied that the granting of this exemption will not breach New Zealand’s international obligations, and pursuant to sections 47(2)(b)(iv) and 47(3) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, hereby give notice as follows:

The owner and master of M/V Arahura (MSA 100029), is exempt from the requirement in Rules 40B.20 and 40B.21 of Part 40B of the Maritime Rules in relation to Chapter III of SOLAS and the reduction of the number of operational lifeboats to one per side of the ship, subject to the following conditions:

1. Actions must be taken to ensure the ship complies with Rules 40B.20 and 40B.21 at the owner’s earliest convenience and not later than midnight on *28 February 2007;

2. The maximum number of passengers on board shall be limited to 600 during the period of this exemption;

3. In the course of the voyage or voyages, the ship must not proceed more than 20 nautical miles from the nearest land; and

4. The non-operational lifeboats shall be clearly marked as being unserviceable.

The exemption from the provisions of Maritime Rules 40B.20 and 40B.21 shall remain in force until:

(a) one or more of the above conditions is not met;

(b) the ship undergoes major alteration;

(c) the ship operating limits are permanently changed;

(d) the ownership of the ship is changed;

(e) the exemption is revoked by the Director of Maritime New Zealand; or

(f) the expiry date;

whichever occurs first.

This exemption shall expire at midnight on *28 February 2007.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 2007.

BRUCE JOHN MAROC, Deputy Director of Monitoring and Compliance, Maritime New Zealand.

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Securities Commission

Securities Markets Act 1988

Designation Under Section 6(1)(a) of the Securities Markets Act 1988

Pursuant to section 6 of the Securities Markets Act 1988, the Securities Commission gives notice that

Lombard Finance & Investments Limited

is hereby designated as a person to whom paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 6 applies.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February 2007.

The common seal of the Securities Commission was affixed in the presence of:

[L.S.]

JANE DIPLOCK, Chairperson.

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Land Notices

Public Works Act 1981

Road Stopped—Portion of Arabella Lane, Snells Beach, Rodney District

Pursuant to section 116 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 portion of road (adjoining or passing through the land) described in the Schedule to this notice to be stopped on the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

North Auckland Land District—Rodney District

Schedule

Dated at Auckland this 23rd day of February 2007.

R. J. SUTHERLAND, for the Minister for Land Information.

(LINZ CPC/2005/10904)

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