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28. The work of the secretariat could include:

• Administration: Drafting of agendas, notes and meeting notes for the Commission meetings, and drafting responses to correspondence.

• Information Gathering: Bringing together up-to-date information on the known impacts of the earthquake and recovery planning, identification and stock-take of best practice approaches, and distribution of this advice.

• Provision of High Quality and Timely Advice: Meetings with, and seek advice from professional advisers, central government, local government and iwi at the regional level.

29. The secretariat will facilitate input and advice to the Commission from government agencies, local authorities, the Recovery office or other external advisers. Where it makes sense to coordinate advice from agencies on a functional grouping, the secretariat will be the conduit between these groups and the Commission.

Meeting and Reporting Requirements

30. The Commissioners will meet as and when required and as directed by the chairperson of the Commission. The Commission needs to ensure it can respond to urgent requests for advice in a timely manner.

31. The Commission will provide its advice as soon as practicable to relevant Ministers, responsible Ministers, and relevant local authorities.

32. The Commission will report as required to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and/or responsible Ministers about the matters it has before it until February 2012, whereupon monthly reporting will be required.

33. The Commission is subject to the Official Information Act 1982.

Procedures for the Commission

34. Subject to the Act and these Terms of Reference, the Commission will determine its own procedures.

Commissioners’ Remuneration and Expenses

35. Subject to the following paragraph, appointed commissioners will be paid remuneration by way of salary, fees, and allowances at a rate determined by the responsible Ministers, and travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951 as set out in their individual notices of appointment.

36. An appointed commissioner is not entitled to any remuneration for services as a member of the Commission in addition to his or her remuneration in respect of his or her service as an Environment Canterbury commissioner or Chair of the Canterbury Regional Council (as the case may be), or as a chief executive or employee of a department listed in Schedule 1 of the State Sector Act 1988.

Dated this 9th day of December 2010.

HON BILL ENGLISH, Minister of Finance.

HON GERRY BROWNLEE, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery.

HON NICK SMITH, Minister for the Environment.

Key to Annotations

1National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005. Order in Council, 2005/295, dated 14 November 2005. Part 9, Recovery; and Part 10, Government Financial Support.

2Responsible Ministers are the Minister of Finance, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and the Minister for the Environment.

3Relevant Minister means either:
a) in relation to an Act, the Minister who is responsible for the administration of the enactment, or
b) in relation to a bylaw or rule made by a territorial authority or regional council, the Minister who is responsible for the administration of the Local Government Act 2002.

4Section 16 of the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010.

Climate Change Response Act 2002

Notice of Approval of Unique Emissions Factors for the Purposes of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

Pursuant to section 91(3)(b) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development gives notice that on 4 February 2011, use of the following unique emissions factors were approved:

Participant Name:
Kawerau Geothermal Limited

Description of Activity:
Using geothermal fluid for the purpose of generating electricity or industrial heat where emissions exceed 4,000 tonnes of CO2e/yr

Details of Unique Emissions Factor:
0.02084 tCO2e/t steam for Kawerau II

Participant Name:
Nga Awa Purua Joint Venture

Description of Activity:
Using geothermal fluid for the purpose of generating electricity or industrial heat where emissions exceed 4,000 tonnes of CO2e/yr

Details of Unique Emissions Factor:
0.01932 tCO2e/t steam for Nga Awa Purua power station

Participant Name:
Ngati Tuwharetoa Geothermal Assets Limited

Description of Activity:
Using geothermal fluid for the purpose of generating electricity or industrial heat where emissions exceed 4,000 tonnes of CO2e/yr

Details of Unique Emissions Factor:
0.02159 tCO2e/t steam for Kawerau Industrial

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of February 2011.

ANITA DAHYA, for the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development.