NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 96

7 JULY 2011

Clause 4A provides that in applying the initial pricing principle or the final pricing principle for the designated services of the UCLL and UBA services, the Commission must determine a geographically averaged price for those services.

The review of Decisions 609, 611 and 672 for the purposes of averaging prices will be conducted by the Commission under the Amendment Act and section 30R of the Telecommunications Act 2001.

The Commission is required to give public notice of the commencement of the review described above under section 30R(5)(b).

The Commission is also required to include in the notice the closing day for submissions.

In this notice, the Commission gives public notice that it has commenced a review of the pricing set out in Decisions 609, 611 and 672 for the purpose of implementing clause 4A of subpart 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act ("Review").

The Commission intends to release a draft Review decision on 26 August 2011.

Submissions on the draft Review decision will be due on 16 September 2011.

Further information about the Review is available on the Commission’s website at

www.comcom.govt.nz/review-to-average-ucll-sub-loop-ucll-and-uba-prices

Date Review Launched: 7 July 2011.

COMMERCE COMMISSION.

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New Zealand Limited distributes 100% of the ordinary shares it holds in ChorusCo in accordance with the demerger arrangement”.

Pursuant to section 30D of the Act, the Commission gives public notice that it has initiated a STD development process for the UCLFS which is described in subpart 1, Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Act as:

“A service (and its associated functions, including the associated functions of operational support systems) that enables access to, and interconnection with, the low frequency (being the frequency band between 300 and 3400 Hz) in Chorus’s copper local loop network (including any relevant line in Chorus’s local telephone exchange or distribution cabinet) that connects the end-user’s building (or, where relevant, the building’s distribution frame) to the handover point in Chorus’s local telephone exchange.”

Further information about the UCLFS STD development process is available on the Commission’s website at

www.comcom.govt.nz/chorus-unbundled-copper-low-frequency-service-std/

Date of decision: 7 July 2011.

COMMERCE COMMISSION.

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Financial Markets Authority

Securities Act 1978

Notice Under Section 70C of the Securities Act 1978

Pursuant to section 70B of the Securities Act 1978, the Financial Markets Authority on 4 July 2011 granted the exemptions contained in the Securities Act (Apata Limited) Exemption Notice 2011.

Copies are available on the Financial Markets Authority’s website

www.fma.govt.nz

Copies are also available for purchase on request to the Financial Markets Authority, Level 8, 56 The Terrace, Wellington 6011, or by post to PO Box 1179, Wellington 6140.

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Maritime New Zealand

Maritime Transport Act 1994

Notice of Exemption From Maritime Rules: 21.13(1)(b); 35.4(2)(b)(ii); 40A.55(1); 40C, Appendix 2.3; 40C.53(1), Appendix 4.3; 47.63(2); 47.65(2)

Pursuant to section 47(3) of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Director of Maritime New Zealand hereby notifies the granting of the following exemptions:

• 5 from Maritime Rule 21.13(1)(b) – Safe Ship Management Systems – Entry to and conditions to be met in order for ship to remain in Safe Ship Management System – New Zealand Safe Ship Management Certificate issued by Director.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 35.4(2)(b)(ii) – Training and Examinations – Training Programmes and Training Providers – Examiners – Recognition as an examiner.

• 1 from Maritime Rule 40A.55(1) – Design, Construction and Equipment – Passenger ships which are not SOLAS ships – General Passenger Ships – Fire fighting appliances – owner and master of a ship must ensure fire appliances are provided in accordance with requirements of Appendix 3.

Notice of Initiation of the Standard Terms Development Process for Chorus’s Unbundled Copper Low Frequency Service Under the Telecommunications Act 2001

On 30 June 2011, the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (“the Amendment Act”) received royal assent.

Section 74(1) of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (“the Act”) requires that the Commerce Commission (“the Commission”) must make reasonable efforts to make a standard terms determination (STD) under section 30M for Chorus’s unbundled copper low frequency service (UCLFS) before “separation day”.

Separation day is defined in section 69B of the Act and means “the day on which Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited distributes 100% of the ordinary shares it holds in ChorusCo in accordance with the demerger arrangement”.

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