5 AUGUST 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 95

Authorisation of a Specified Biotechnical Procedure

I, Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, pursuant to section 96C(4) of the Medicines Act 1981 (“the Act”), hereby vary the conditional authorisation, issued under section 96C(1) of the Act to Living Cell Technologies Limited (LCT) and dated the 22nd day of June 2009*, to conduct a clinical trial involving xenotransplantation.

That authorisation is hereby varied in the following respects:

1. The protocol is amended as follows:

   1.1 LCT is allowed to increase the number of participants in the study to 12.

   1.2 LCT is allowed to increase the maximum dose of Diabecell that is to be administered to the four additional participants to 20,000 IEQ/kg.

   1.3 LCT is required to introduce a further safety review by the Data Safety Monitoring Group before commencing administration of Diabecell 20,000 IEQ/kg to the four additional participants.

   1.4 LCT is permitted to tighten the manufacturing specifications of Diabecell as described in LCT’s application to Medsafe dated the 21st day May 2010.

   1.5 LCT is required to conduct additional testing for minor inflammatory responses post-transplantation.

   1.6 LCT is permitted to improve the scoring system used to assess hypoglycaemia in patients as described in LCT’s application to Medsafe dated the 21st day May 2010.

2. Condition added:

   2.1 LCT will, prior to implementing the amended protocol, provide Medsafe with evidence that the Northern X Regional Health and Disability Ethics Committee has considered and approved LCT’s proposed amendments contained in its application to Medsafe dated 21 May 2010.

All previous conditions instituted in the authorisation issued to LCT dated the 22nd day June 2009* remain in effect for the period that the clinical trial has been approved by the Northern X Regional Health and Disability Ethics Committee, unless sooner varied or revoked, pursuant to section 96C(4) of the Medicines Act 1981.

Dated this 20th day of July 2010.

HON TONY RYALL, Minister of Health.

*New Zealand Gazette, 25 June 2009, No. 94, page 2111

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Public Trust

Public Trust Act 2001

The Public Trust Common Fund Interest Rates Notice 5 August 2010

The following notice is given pursuant to section 50 of the Public Trust Act 2001 (“the Act”).

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Public Trust Common Fund Interest Rates Notice 5 August 2010.

   (2) Unless otherwise specified, the determinations and revocation in this notice take effect from and including 5 August 2010.

2. Interpretation—(1) Unless the context otherwise requires:

   “agency deposit” means a deposit (not being an investment deposit) held as agent or attorney;

   “call deposit” means a deposit (not being an agency deposit, an investment deposit, a protection deposit, a special deposit or a trust deposit) held in the ordinary course of administration, and determined by Public Trust to be held at call;

   “deposit” means a sum of money held by Public Trust belonging to any estate, which money for the time being forms part of the Common Fund;

   “investment deposit” means a deposit held at call or otherwise as an investment under section 51 of the Act;

   “protection deposit” means a deposit, held at call, of tuition, boarding, accommodation or other fees by or on behalf of a student enrolled at a private training establishment within the meaning of Part 18 of the Education Act 1989;

   “special deposit” means a deposit held other than at call on behalf of the Crown, or any local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1974;

   “trust deposit” means a deposit (not being an agency deposit, an investment deposit, a protection deposit or a special deposit) held on trust:

   (i) for persons not of full age or capacity; or

   (ii) for beneficiaries not entitled to payment at call; or

   (iii) otherwise than at call.

   (2) Expressions defined in the Act have the same meaning in this notice as they do in the Act.

3. Rates of Common Fund interest—(1) The rate of Common Fund interest on deposits (other than investment deposits repayable at the end of fixed term or protection deposits) shall be that specified in Schedule 1 for the appropriate type of deposits.

   (2) The rate of Common Fund interest on each protection deposit associated with a particular private training establishment shall be that specified in Schedule 2 for the appropriate dollar range of the total of those deposits.

   (3) The rate of Common Fund interest payable on investment deposits repayable at the end of a fixed term shall be that specified in Schedule 3 for the appropriate interest payment frequency, term and dollar range.

   (4) Despite subparagraph (1), the rate of Common Fund interest payable on deposits made pursuant to an enactment shall be the rate (if any) specified in the enactment.

   (5) Despite subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3), in particular cases or classes of case, Public Trust and the depositor may agree on a rate of interest payable on investment deposits, protection deposits or special deposits that is different from the rate specified in Schedules 1, 2, or 3 and the agreed rate then applies.

4. Revocation of notice and transitional provisions—

   (1) The Public Trust Common Fund Interest Rates Notice 1 July 2010 is revoked.

   (2) Unless otherwise specified, the rates of interest specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to this notice do not apply to any period that ends with 4 August 2010 but otherwise operate as from 5 August 2010.

   (3) The rates of interest specified in Schedule 3 to this notice:

   (i) do not apply to investment deposits repayable at the end of a fixed term that commenced prior to 30 June 2010; but

   (ii) do apply to investment deposits repayable at the end of a fixed term that commenced on or after 30 June 2010.