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evidentiary requirements that show that domestic violence has occurred before the New Zealand Immigration Service will grant a special work permit for victims of domestic violence. The corroborative evidence provided by the Immigration Service that this permit has been granted on the ground that the person is a victim of domestic violence will be sufficient to satisfy the criteria in clause 15B.

New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202

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The Treasury

Guarantee Scheme

Guarantee Scheme to the following persons on the following date:

20 February 2009

Business Finance Limited

Rockforte Finance Limited

on the terms and conditions set out in the relevant guarantees appearing on the website of The Treasury at www.treasury.govt.nz.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 2009.

JOHN HENRY WHITEHEAD, Secretary to the Treasury.

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Public Finance Act 1989

Notice of Publication of Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand

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 Government of New Zealand for:

• the seven months ended 31 January 2009, on 6 March 2009.

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 4th day of March 2009.

HON SIMON WILLIAM ENGLISH, Minister of Finance.

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Statement of Guarantees Given Under the Public Finance Act 1989

Pursuant to section 65ZD(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989, the Acting Secretary to the Treasury makes the following statement:

“Peter Bushnell, Acting Secretary to the Treasury, on behalf of the Crown, under delegations from the Minister of Finance under section 28 of the State Sector Act 1988, gave guarantees under the New Zealand Deposit

Guarantee Scheme to the following persons on the date specified:

Business Finance Limited and Rockforte Finance Limited."

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Transport

Civil Aviation Act 1990

State Sector Act 1988

Notice of Intention to Consider Varying a Scheduled International Air Service Licence

Pursuant to section 87J(3) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, sections 41(1) and 42 of the State Sector Act 1988, and a delegation from the Secretary for Transport dated 22 September 2004, I give notice that having received an application from Air New Zealand Limited, the Minister of Transport intends to consider varying the scheduled international air service licence held by that airline in order to provide for, in respect of Canada, an open route schedule for own-aircraft services, the removal of most traffic rights restrictions and capacity to be as filed with and acknowledged by the Secretary for Transport.

Any person wishing to make representations to the Minister of Transport relating to this application must forward those representations in writing to reach me at the Ministry of Transport, PO Box 3175, Wellington, on or before 3 April 2009.

Signed at Wellington this 10th day of March 2009.

JOHN MACILREE, Principal Adviser Air Services, Ministry of Transport.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Confirmation of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 65) 2008 and Notice of Reasons for Decision

1. Pursuant to sections 172E(3)(b) and 172Z(4) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), I have decided not to recommend the revocation, replacement, or amendment of the Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 65) 2008 (“Rule amendment”), which was made urgently in accordance with section 172E(3) of the Act on 18 September 2008*.

2. Pursuant to sections 172E(3)(b) and 172Z(4) of the Act, the reasons for my decision not to recommend that the Rule amendment be revoked, replaced, or amended are that the reasons for making the Rule amendment remain valid, in that:

   (a) The amendment to Part J of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”) was necessary to resolve an issue with the seasonal adjustment shapes.

   (b) The issue arose because the reconciliation rules that came into force on 1 May 2008 provided for