16 OCTOBER 2008 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 159 4189

A logo or substitute logo has been registered for the following parties:

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party;
New Zealand Liberal Party;
New Zealand Pacific Party;
No Commercial Airport at Whenuapai Airbase Party;
Residents Action Movement;
the Alliance;
The Bill and Ben Party;
The Family Party;
The Green Party;
The Kiwi Party;
The New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit;
Workers Party.

No applications to register a party or logo can be considered between the issuing and the return of the writ.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of October 2008.

HELENA CATT, Chief Executive, Electoral Commission.

Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Recommendation Concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003—Rule Amendment Proposal No. 134, 2008

1. This notice of a recommendation concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 134, 2008, is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”) pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”).

2. The Act provides that, no later than 10 working days after making a recommendation to the Minister of Energy concerning the Rules, the Commission must publicise the recommendation.

Recommended Amendments to the Rules

3. On 25 September 2008, the Commission recommended the following changes to various rules in Parts A and G of the Rules to clarify inconsistencies and correct some minor errors:

(a) To clarify the obligation when reserve offers must be revised;

(b) to remove the duplicate dispatch compliance provision;

(c) to clarify the obligations for generators and ancillary service agents to comply with dispatch instruction and to remove any apparent conflicts between Part G and Part C of the Rules;

(d) an amendment to the Part A definition of bona fide physical reason to clarify that ancillary service agents need to change their offers after gate closure;

(e) to change the reporting timetable following offer and bid changes made after gate closure;

(f) to clarify the inter-relationship between energy bids and interruptible reserve offers; and

(g) to correct various incorrect rule cross-references in Part G.

4. Section 172F(3) of the Act provides that the Commission is not required to comply with section 172F(1) (relating to making an assessment) if it is satisfied that the recommendation will have only minor effects and will not adversely affect the interests of any person in a substantial way. In reliance on section 172F(3), no such assessment has been carried out.

5. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s website at

http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/recommend

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of September 2008.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:

DAVID CAYGILL, Chair.

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 67) 2008 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 provision for the electricity governance regulations in relation to which the amendments to the Rules are made is section 172D(1)(1) of the Act.

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

(a) clarify the obligation when reserve offers must be revised;

(b) remove a duplicate dispatch compliance provision;

(c) clarify the obligations for generators and ancillary service agents to comply with dispatch instruction and to remove any apparent conflicts between Part G and Part C of the Rules;

(d) amend the definition of bona fide physical reason to clarify that ancillary service agents need to change their offers after gate closure;

(e) change the reporting timetable following offer and bid changes made after gate closure;

(f) clarify the inter-relationship between energy bids and interruptible reserve offers; and

(g) correct various incorrect rule cross-references in Part G.

4. 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 the rule amendments:

(a) clarify participants’ obligations under the Rules;

(b) remove requirements that are redundant due to other existing Rules;

(c) remove discrepancies from the Rules; and

(d) correct typographical errors in the Rules.

6. These Rules come into force on 1 December 2008.

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.

8. The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Commission’s website

http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/rules