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 (Minor Amendments) Code Amendment 2011.
2. The amendment comes into force on 1 June 2011.
3. The amendment:
(a) inserts six definitions that were previously in Appendix A of Technical Code C of Schedule C3 of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003, and were intended to be included in Part 1 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code"), but were inadvertently omitted from Part 1 of the Code; and
(b) corrects a typographical error in the definition of "reconciliation period" in clause 1.1(1) of the Code; and
(c) corrects a typographical error in clause 13.142(1)(b) of the Code.
4. In accordance with section 39(3)(a) of the Act, the Authority is satisfied that the amendment is technical and non-controversial, and therefore the Authority has not prepared and publicised a regulatory statement or consulted on the amendment and the regulatory statement.
5. 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/
6. 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 19th day of April 2011.
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.