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"Tekapo Power Scheme Operating Rules" means the "Tekapo Power Scheme, Appendix A, Extracts of Waitaki Operating Rules (9 November 1990)", as appended to the Waitaki Consents which relate to the operation of Lake Tekapo and associated works.

"Term" has the meaning in clause 2.1.

"Third Party Claim" means any claim or actual or threatened proceedings against either party by a third party (including arising out of the Waitaki Consents) in any way connected with the ownership or operation of the Waitaki Power Scheme or the subject matter of this agreement.

"Unplanned outage" has the meaning in clause 8.2(a).

"Upper Waitaki Lakes" means Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki.

"Waitaki Catchment" means:

(a) the area of land bounded by watersheds draining into the Waitaki River; and

(b) includes aquifers wholly or partially within that area of land.

"Waitaki Consents" means the Resource Consents relating to the Waitaki Power Scheme.

"Waitaki Minimum Flow" means the minimum rate of flow (measured in cumecs) required by the Waitaki Consents to be maintained in the Waitaki River as measured immediately below the Waitaki Dam, being, as at the Commencement Date, 120 Cumecs.

"Waitaki Operating Rules" means the Tekapo Power Scheme Operating Rules and/or the "Waitaki Power Development Operating Rules" as the context may require.

"Waitaki Power Development Operating Rules" means the "Waitaki Power Development, Appendix A, Extracts of Waitaki Operating Rules (9 November 1990)", as appended to the Waitaki Consents which relate to the operation of the Waitaki Power Stations.

"Waitaki Power Scheme" means the Waitaki Power Stations and the Tekapo Power Stations.

"Waitaki Power Stations" means the works including hydraulic control structures, dams, canals, water diversions, penstocks, spill weirs, spill gates, bypass valves, sluice gates, power stations and generating plant, associated ancillary land and structures and Resource Consents and other rights held by Meridian to utilise the waters and tributary inflows of the Waitaki Catchment to generate electricity at generating plants below Lake Pukaki, including, for the avoidance of doubt, those generating stations below Lake Ohau.

"Water Delivery Assets" has the meaning in clause 8.2(a).

"Water Delivery Point" means the discharge point from Tekapo B Power Station.

"WMC" means the group established pursuant to section 4 and Schedule 4.

1.2 Interpretation: In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires, or specifically stated otherwise:

(a) headings are to be ignored in construing this agreement,



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