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Health and Disability Act 2000, or to an entity that is 50% or more owned by one or more of those types of entities. Further, the foundation must not allocate funding to a group of firms if the group includes one or more of these types of entities. These entities may, however, act as nominated representatives.

Objectives of the Scheme
Targeted grants encourage or support research and development activities. The foundation will ensure that:

• the majority of targeted grants encourage or support high risk "stretch" research and development activities, as determined by the foundation; and
• grants are allocated to firms in areas of Government priority as outlined in the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology’s Statement of Intent; and
• it considers in the case of every grant the level of co-funding to be provided by the firm, and on average across the total amount of targeted grants the funding allocated by the foundation is not more than 50% of the proposed cost of research and development projects.

Capability grants will encourage firms seeking to develop new or more sophisticated research and development skills and related business management practices. The foundation must ensure that capability grants result in firms:

• that have not previously undertaken research and development beginning to do so; or
• sustaining on-going research and development activity; or
• improving uptake of external technologies, including international technologies; or
• adopting business practices to support increased or improved research and development activity.

Funding Amount
The Minister estimates that about $50 million will be available for the foundation to allocate per annum.

Actual appropriations will be published each year in the Vote Research, Science and Technology Estimates of Appropriations.

Any funds held by the foundation in relation to the Technology for Business Growth, Techlink and Technology for Industry Fellowships schemes are to be applied in accordance with the scheme. Any contracts in existence as of 30 June 2008 within the above schemes will be funded from this scheme.

Period of Funding
The scheme will commence operation on 1 July 2008 and will operate for a minimum of five years from the date of this notice.

Monitoring Agency
The scheme will be monitored by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.

Revocations
The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette,
2 September 2004, No. 111, page 2706, New Zealand Gazette,
2 September 2004, No. 111, page 2708, and
New Zealand Gazette, 9 December 2004, No. 160, page 3983,
which established and amended the Technology for Business Growth, Techlink and Technology for Industry Fellowships Schemes, are revoked.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of June 2008.

HON PETE HODGSON, Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Antarctica New Zealand

British Settlements Act 1887

Officer of the Government of Ross Dependency Appointed

ANAND SATYANAND, Governor-General

Background:
A. An Order in Council dated 30 July 1923* (“the order”) made under the British Settlements Act 1887 (UK) appoints the Governor-General of New Zealand to be the Governor of the Ross Dependency (“the Governor”) and vests in the Governor certain powers:

B. The order empowers the Governor to make rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency:

C. Regulations made by the Governor on 14 November 1923† provide that all persons appointed by the Governor may be empowered to do such things as may be necessary or desirable to ensure that the laws in force in the Dependency are duly observed and complied with in every respect, and to do all things necessary or expedient for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency.

D. It is now expedient that Grant Andrew Hill be appointed an officer of the Government of the Dependency:

Now therefore I, The Honourable Anand Satyanand, the Governor-General of New Zealand, and as such the Governor of the Dependency, appoint

Grant Andrew Hill

to be an officer of the Government of the Dependency while he acts as Senior New Zealand Representative at Scott Base during the period beginning with this appointment and ending with the close of 20 October 2008:

I confer on Grant Andrew Hill, while he holds office as an officer of the Government of the Dependency, all the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Justice of the Peace.

Grant Andrew Hill is to exercise his functions at such places within the Dependency as may be directed by an officer of the Government of the Dependency who has the general executive and administrative authority in preserving Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty and the laws in force in the Dependency.