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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 31

The Treasury

Public Finance Act 1989

Notice of Publication of Financial Statements of the Crown

Pursuant to section 31B of the Public Finance Act 1989, the Minister of Finance gives notice of the publication of the financial statements of the Crown for:

● the six months ended 31 December 2007, on 18 February 2008.

21 FEBRUARY 2008

Copies of these financial statements are available:

● for inspection free of charge at the National Library of New Zealand, Auckland City Library, Wellington Public Library and Canterbury Public Library;

● for purchase at branches of Bennetts bookshops; and

● through the internet at http://www.treasury.govt.nz

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 2008.

HON DR MICHAEL CULLEN, Minister of Finance.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Electricity Commission

Electricity Governance Regulations 2003

Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 47 (Meridian Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2008

Pursuant to Regulation 194(2) of the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003, the Electricity Commission (“Commission”) gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 47 (Meridian Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2008.

(2) This notice comes into force on 1 May 2008.

2. Exemption—Meridian Energy Limited is exempted from compliance with Rule 3.2 of Part D of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003.

3. Terms and conditions—This exemption is granted on the following conditions:

(a) It will only apply to unmetered traffic control signals on the following grid exit points:

(i) ADD0111;

(ii) ADD0661;

(iii) BRY0111;

(iv) BRY0661;

(v) ISL0331;

(vi) ISL0661;

(vii) PAP0111;

(viii) PAP0661;

(ix) SPN0331; and

(x) KAI0111; and

(b) the exemption will expire on 30 April 2013.

4. Reasons for granting the exemption—The reasons for granting this exemption are:

(a) without an exemption, Meridian will incur significant expenditure and complexity in the fitting of meters to the traffic light point of connections;

(b) traffic lights are static load and have little variation. Most changes for load are associated with changes in lamp wattage that can be accurately tracked in the distributed unmetered load database;

(c) Meridian has proposed a materially accurate method to calculate consumption for settlement;

(d) the exemption will have little or no impact on other participants and service providers and would not affect any other rules.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of February 2008.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:

DAVID CAYGILL, Chair.

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Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 48 (Electricity Ashburton Limited and Orion New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2008

Pursuant to Regulation 194(2) of the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003, the Electricity Commission (“Commission”) gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 48 (Electricity Ashburton Limited and Orion New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2008.

(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Exemption—(1) Electricity Ashburton Limited (“EAL”) is exempted from compliance with the following Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”):

Until 30 April 2008:

(a) Rule 3.5 of Part D; and

(b) Rule 4 of Code of Practice G1 of Schedule G8 of Part G;

From 1 May 2008:

(a) Rule 3.7 of Part D; and

(b) Rule 19 of Part J.

(2) Orion New Zealand Limited (“Orion”) is exempted from compliance with the following Rules:

Until 30 April 2008:

(a) Rule 5.5.2 of Section VI of Part G;

From 1 May 2008:

(a) Rule 4.3.2 of Part J.

3. Terms and conditions—This exemption is granted on the following conditions:

(a) It shall only apply to:

(i) the EAL embedded network connected to NSP URK0111; and