NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 122 4 OCTOBER 2012

Fisheries Act 1996

Fisheries (Aquaculture Decision – Resource Consent U110674) Notice 2012 (MPI 77)

Pursuant to section 186H(2) of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Spatial Allocations Manager gives the following notice:

1. An aquaculture decision has been made for Resource Consent U110674, Marlborough Sounds – Talley’s Group Limited.

2. A copy of this decision may be obtained from the Aquaculture pages at
   www.fish.govt.nz
   or by emailing
   UAE@mpi.govt.nz

Dated at Nelson this 2nd day of October 2012.

DAVID SCRANNEY, Spatial Allocations Manager (acting under delegated authority).

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The Treasury

Crown Entities Act 2004

Reappointment to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission

Pursuant to section 28 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, I reappoint

Richard Graham Holden

as a member of the New Zealand Lotteries Commission from 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2015.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of October 2012.

HON CHRIS TREMAIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Electricity Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Notice of the Electricity Industry Participation (Financial Transmission Rights) Code Amendment 2012

1. Pursuant to section 38(3)(b) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 (“Act”), the Electricity Authority gives notice of the making of the Electricity Industry Participation (Financial Transmission Rights) Code Amendment 2012.

2. The amendment comes into force on 1 November 2012.

3. The amendment:
   (a) amends and clarifies the mechanism for the scaling of invoiced amounts in respect of financial transmission rights (FTRs) under Part 14 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”);

   (b) provides for the priority and calculation of payments from the FTR account if a payer defaults on settlement and, as a result, there are insufficient funds in the FTR account;

   (c) clarifies the amounts to be included on payer and payee invoices in respect of FTRs under Part 14 of the Code;

   (d) amends the timing requirement in clause 14.36 of the Code for issuing invoices in respect of FTRs when the publication of final prices is delayed;

   (e) amends the requirement in Schedule 14.6 of the Code for the FTR manager to determine a set of unbalanced extreme FTR injection patterns; and

   (f) amends some of the terminology used in relation to FTRs, and makes minor clarifications and drafting changes to provisions of the Code relating to FTRs.

4. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Electricity Authority’s website
   www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/

5. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of October 2012.

DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.

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Notice of the Electricity Industry Participation (Force Majeure) Code Amendment 2012

1. Pursuant to section 38(3)(b) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 (“Act”), the Electricity Authority (“Authority”) gives notice of the making of the Electricity Industry Participation (Force Majeure) Code Amendment 2012.

2. The amendment comes into force on 1 November 2012.

3. The amendment makes changes to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”):
   (a) to remove the exemption granted to market operation service providers and ancillary service agents that relieves those persons from their obligation to comply with certain provisions in the Act in a force majeure event;

   (b) to exempt market operation service providers and ancillary service agents from their obligation to comply with Parts 6 and 9 of the Code, and the Electricity Industry (Enforcement) Regulations 2010 in a force majeure event; and

   (c) to require market operation service providers and ancillary service agents relying on the force majeure provisions to provide information to the Authority about the force majeure event.

4. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Authority’s website
   www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/the-code/

5. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.