1508 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 58 31 MAY 2007

DCA/HU369/89 1 May 2007 DCA/BG/40 18 May 2007
DCA/AS355/76 17 May 2007 DCA/AS350/105 24 May 2007
DCA/AS350/103 18 May 2007 DCA/AS355/79 24 May 2007
DCA/AS350/104 18 May 2007 DCA/T67/39 25 May 2007

Airworthiness directives may be viewed on the CAA website (www.caa.govt.nz) or at Aviation House, 10 Hutt Road, Petone.
Dated this 29th day of May 2007.

OWEN OLLS, Airworthiness Specialist.
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Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 52) 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)–(6), 172D(1)(28)–(31), 172J(1)(a), 172J(1)(aa), 172J(1)(b), 172J(1)(g) and 172KA of the Act.

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

   (a) The addition of a new Schedule F1 to Section II of Part F of the Rules to add the categories of designated transmission customers for the purposes of Rule 2 of Section II of Part F;

   (b) the addition of a new Schedule F2 to Section II of Part F of the Rules, setting out the Benchmark Agreement for the purposes of Rule 4 of Section II of Part F;

   (c) amendments to Sections I, II, III and IV of Part F of the Rules associated with the Benchmark Agreement;

   (d) the addition of a new Section VI to Part F of the Rules to provide for rules relating to interconnection asset services;

   (e) the addition of a new Section VII to Part F of the Rules to establish rules to provide for the making of an Outage Protocol; and

   (f) related amendments to Part A of the Rules to add new definitions.

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) Rules 2 and 4 of Section II of Part F of the Rules require the Electricity Commission to make recommendations to me about new schedules to Section II of Part F:

   (i) to cover the categories of designated transmission customers required to enter into transmission agreements with Transpower; and

   (ii) to include the Benchmark Agreement in the Rules;

   (b) the Electricity Commission has determined that the categories of designated transmission customers and the Benchmark Agreement give effect to the matters provided for in Rules 2 and 4 of Section II of Part F of the Rules, respectively;

   (c) the changes to Sections I, II, III and IV of Part F of the Rules are related to the Benchmark Agreement, and give effect to the proposals in the Benchmark Agreement;

   (d) the new Section VI of Part F provides for rules for interconnection services as it is not possible to provide for this in the Benchmark Agreement, due to the common good nature of interconnection services;

   (e) the new Section VII of Part F requires the making of an Outage Protocol, which is required for the purposes of the Benchmark Agreement and the interconnection rules in new Section VI; and

   (f) the new definitions in Part A are incidental to the above amendments.

6. These Rules come into force as follows:

   (a) Rules 5.5 to 5.9 of Section II of Part F and Rules 5 to 8 of Section VI of Part F come into force on 1 April 2008; and

   (b) the rest of the amendments come into force on 28 June 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 23rd day of May 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 Proposals No. 40 and No. 64

1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposals No. 40 and No. 64, is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), established under the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the 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 21 May 2007 the Commission made a recommendation that the Rules be amended. The Commission’s recommended amendments to the Rules consisted of the following:

   (a) The addition of a new Schedule F1 to Section II of Part F of the Rules to add the categories of designated transmission customers for the purposes of Rule 2 of Section II of Part F;