Pursuant to section 160(3) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, I, Jane Katharine Meares, Treasury Solicitor, hereby give notice that on 22 July 2010, John Henry Whitehead, Secretary to the Treasury, and Karen Sewell, Secretary for Education, gave approval under section 160(1)(b) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, in relation to section 161 of that Act, for the Rakaia School Board of Trustees to acquire shares in the Ashburton Trading Society up to an aggregate maximum value of $500.00. This approval applies on and from 22 July 2010.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of October 2010.
JANE KATHARINE MEARES, Treasury Solicitor.