Whereas pursuant to section 16 (1) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996, the Minister of Transport may from time to time, by notice in the New Zealand Gazette, appoint a person to be a protection officer.
And whereas, pursuant to section 441 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Minister of Transport did delegate those powers under section 16 (1) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996, to the Maritime Safety Authority by an Instrument of Delegation dated 19 March 1997.
And whereas, pursuant to section 442 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, the Maritime Safety Authority did delegate those powers under section 16 (1) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996, to me by an Instrument of Delegation dated 26 March 1997.
Therefore, I, Russell Paul Kilvington, hereby appoint the following persons to be protection officers:
William John Humphries
Richard Norman Leppard
Colin Malcolm Heffer
acting for or on behalf of the Transpower New Zealand Limited.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of May 2000.
RUSSELL KILVINGTON, Director of Maritime Safety.