182 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 3 21 JANUARY 2010

The decision on which course to use is dependant on wind direction and is likely to be made only an hour before racing begins.

The boundaries of the course in use will generally be marked by buoys and anchored launches with flags but specific details of boundary markings will be publicly announced via a supplement published in the New Zealand Herald prior to the regatta.

Additional supplements will also be available to the public.

Inside the race courses, it is proposed that the following rules will apply:

1. Only competing yachts, vessels used by the Race Committee, umpires and course marshals, emergency vessels and vessels accredited by the event organisers or the Auckland Harbourmaster may navigate within the race course area during the period of racing operations for that day;

2. scheduled ferry services transiting the race area will, when necessary, and in agreement with the operating companies, be routed around the designated race areas for the day; and

3. all vessels must be navigated in accordance with Maritime Rules Part 22: Collision Prevention.

Other Conditions and Requirements

When the red course is in use, all vessels must remain outside the lines of yellow Harbourmaster buoys that will demark the boundaries of the red course and areas of shallow water.

The following applies to all areas specified above.

The Auckland Regional Council may:

1. order the suspension or abandonment of racing operations if, in the opinion of the Auckland Regional Council’s Harbourmaster, adequate levels of public safety cannot be guaranteed. This power will be exercised in consultation with the New Zealand Police, the event organiser and Ports of Auckland Limited.

2. specify and vary conditions and requirements for the day-to-day management and conduct of activities within each area for the purpose of protecting the safety of the public and competing yachts.

On race days, the co-ordination and management of commercial shipping in Waitemata Harbour will be conducted jointly between the Auckland Regional Council’s Harbourmaster; the Race Committee; and the Shipping Operations Manager & Senior Pilot, Ports of Auckland Limited, in order to minimise any potential conflict between commercial shipping and operations surrounding the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland series.

Proposed Hours of Operation

The proposed general hours of operation for the area covered by the proposed application are 0700 to 1900 hours (New Zealand Daylight Time) for the entire period covered by the proposed application.

These hours are subject to change and will be determined on a daily basis and notified to the public in advance.

The specific hours of operation will be announced on public broadcasting and marine communication channels.

Means of Enforcement

Compliance with the above conditions and requirements will be enforced by appointed enforcement officers, as defined in section 200B(6) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

Under section 200B(5) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, any person in charge of a ship, craft or seaplane who contravenes this notice commits an infringement offence and is liable to the relevant penalty prescribed in the Maritime Transport (Infringement Fees for Offences Relating to Major Maritime Events) Regulations 1999.

Comments on This Notice

Any person may forward written comments on this proposal to

Alana Belin
Ministry of Transport
PO Box 3175
Wellington 6140
or by email
a.belin@transport.govt.nz

provided such comments are received no later than 5.00pm on Friday 5 February 2010.

Comments are submitted on the presumption that they will be made public.

If submitters do not wish this to occur, a statement to that effect should be made.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of December 2009.

STEVEN JOYCE, Minister of Transport.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Civil Aviation Rule Part 71—Designation and Classification of Airspace

Pursuant to Civil Aviation Rule Part 71.9(d), the following amendments were designated with effect from 11 March 2010—

• The Rabbit Island low flying zone (NZL 665) is disestablished.
• The following new visual reporting points near New Plymouth are established:
  Bell Block Bridge, Egmont Village, Waitara Valley Plant.
• The following new visual reporting points near Invercargill are established:
  Bushy Point, Kew, North Beach, Ski Club.

Pursuant to Civil Aviation Rule Part 71.9(d), the following amendments were designated with effect from 8 April 2010—

• The following new visual reporting points near Napier are established:
  Haumoana, Poraiti, Rissington, Tutira, Waiohiki, Whirinaki.