Pursuant to section 11 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 ("Act"), the Electricity Authority gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 172 (Eastland Network Limited)) Exemption Notice 2013.
(2) This notice comes into force on 29 August 2013.
2. Exemption-Eastland Network Limited ("Eastland") is exempted from compliance with clause 1(1)(a) of Schedule 10.5 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") in respect of providing its initial metering equipment provider audit.
3. Term-This exemption expires at the close of 30 June 2014.
4. Reasons for granting the exemption-The reasons for granting this exemption are:
(a) granting the exemption meets the requirements in section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions;
(b) Eastland will avoid significant compliance costs by conducting its initial metering equipment provider audit at the same time as its next annual distributor audit and will minimise disruptions to network staff involved in audit reviews;
(c) once the exemption expires, the timing of Eastland's next metering equipment provider audit will be calculated from the date of the audit completed during the period of this exemption;
(d) there are only seven installation control points for which Eastland is the registered metering equipment provider; and
(e) the exemption will have little or no impact on other participants and service providers, and will not affect any other Code provisions.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of July 2013.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.