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that allows the panel to fulfil its function effectively and efficiently.

(3) The panel may seek advice or information relevant to the review from any person.

(4) The panel must consider:

(a) the request for review;

(b) the submissions of all those consulted under section 22(6) of the Act and any summary of submissions prepared by the director-general to the extent that the submissions or the summary is relevant;

(c) other relevant information provided by the director-general; and

(d) all relevant new information received under subclause (3).

(5) Subject to this clause, a panel may regulate its own procedure.

15. Reporting—(1) An independent review panel must report its findings and recommendations to the director-general as soon as is reasonably practical but no later than the date set in the terms of reference.

(2) The director-general may allow the panel to report by a later date than that set in the terms of reference.

(3) The report must be in writing and:

(a) include reasons for the panel’s findings and recommendations;

(b) indicate whether the recommendations are unanimous or agreed to by a majority of the panel; and

(c) identify any person who advised the panel and state the nature of his or her advice.

16. Publication of report—The director-general must give a copy of the independent review panel’s report to the person who requested the review and make copies available to the public on request.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of June 2008.

M. A. SHERWIN, Director-General of Agriculture and Forestry.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice which, comes into force on the day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette, specifies:

• how a person can seek a review of the scientific evidence considered in relation to a proposed import health standard;

• the process and criteria for establishing an independent review panel;

• the information and assistance the director-general must provide to a panel;

• provision for terms of reference;

• how a panel must conduct the review; and

• a requirement for a panel to report its findings and recommendations to the director-general.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in New Zealand Gazette: 26 June 2008.

This notice is administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

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Conservation

Conservation Act 1987

Appointments to the New Zealand Conservation Authority

Pursuant to sections 6D(1) and 6F(1) of the Conservation Act 1987, I, Stephanie Anne Chadwick, Minister of Conservation, hereby appoint

Kay Lenore Booth, of Christchurch
Mike Browne, of Fox Glacier
Linda Dorothy Conning, of Te Teko
Charles Stuart Te Mane Moeroa Crofts, of Port Levy
Waana Morell Davis, of Lower Hutt
Robert McDowall, of Christchurch
Basil Morrison, of Paeroa
John Marsden Nankervis, of Wellington
William Don Ross, of Christchurch
Louise Stacey Savage, of Gisborne
Lesley Yvonne Sharp, of Kerikeri
Brian William Stephenson, of Auckland
Harerei (Hally) Fortune Toia, of Dargaville

to be members of the New Zealand Conservation Authority for a term commencing on 1 July 2008 and expiring on 31 May 2011.

In addition, pursuant to section 6G(1) of the Conservation Act 1987, I, Stephanie Anne Chadwick, Minister of Conservation, hereby appoint

William Don Ross, of Christchurch

to be the chairperson of the New Zealand Conservation Authority for a term commencing on 1 July 2008 and expiring on 31 May 2011.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of June 2008.

STEVE CHADWICK, Minister of Conservation.

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Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978

Notice of Intention to Declare Four Marine Mammal Sanctuaries

I give notice that I intend (with the consent of the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Fisheries, and the Minister of Transport) to declare, pursuant to section 22 of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, four marine mammal sanctuaries, as follows:

(a) A sanctuary, to be called the West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary, comprising all the areas of the sea enclosed:

(i) on the landward side by the line of mean high water springs extending alongshore in a north-south direction from a point on Maunganui Bluff (approximately 35°45.54′S and 173°33.30′E), to a point on Oakura Beach (approximately 39°07.08′S and 173°55.87′E); and

(ii) on the seaward side by a line on a bearing of 270° to a point where it intersects with the outer limit of the territorial sea from the point on Maunganui Bluff (approximately 35°45.54′S and 173°33.30′E), thence by a line on a