Issue No. 132 • 2729 The New Zealand azette WELLINGTON: THURSDAY, 2 AUGUST 1990 [contents Vice Regal 2730 Parliamentary Summary 2730 Government Notices 2732 Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices 2741 Land Notices 2742 Regulation Summary 2749 General Section .. 2750 Using the Gazette The New Zealand Gazette, the official newspaper of the Closing time for lodgment of notices at the Gazette Office: Government of New Zealand, is published weekly on 12 noon on Tuesdays prior to publication (except for holiday Thursdays. Publishing time is 4 p.m. periods when special advice of earlier closing times will be Notices for publication and related correspondence should be given) . addressed to: Notices are accepted for publication in the next available issue, Gazette Office, unless otherwise specified . Department of Internal Affairs, P.O. Box 805, Notices being submitted for publication must be a reproduced Wellington. copy of the original. 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House, 4185 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt. Special Editions and Supplements-Published as and when 159 Hereford Street, Christchurch. required. Vice Regal Departure PAUL CANHAM, Official Secretary. Government House, Wellington. vr8422 Departure of the Governor-General Overseas and Assumption of Office by the Administrator of the Cabinet Office Government His Excellency the Governor-General, the Most Reverend Sir Appointment Paul Reeves, G.C.M.G., G.c.v.o ., Q.s.o., accompanied by Her Excellency Lady Reeves, Q.s.o. and with members of the household in attendance, departed from Wellington at Appointment of Minister for Senior Citizens 8.20 a.m. on Wednesday, the 1st day of August for an official His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to visit to Melbourne, Australia. Their Excellencies will undertake appoint: engagements in relation to Melbourne 1990 celebrations. The Governor-General will deliver an address to the Council of The Honourable Margaret Kerslake Shields to be Minister Economic Development of Australia. for Senior Citizens. Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 1990. Following the departure of His Excellency, the Chief Justice of New Zealand, the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, By Command: G.B.E., has assumed the Office of the Administrator of the MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council. Government in accordance with clause XII of the Letters vr8425 Patent constituting the Office of the Governor-General. Parliamentary Summary Bills Assented To Government Bills Assent No. 23 July 1990 Education Amendment 60 26 July 1990 Employment Equity 61 Private Bill 26 July 1990 Tower Corporation 2 2 AUGUST NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2731 Bills Introduced Government Bills (Minister/Member in Charge Shown in Parenthesis) Referred to Select Committee 24 July 1990 Appropriation Bill (No. 3). (Hon. David Caygill.) Not referred Finance Bill (No. 2). (Hon. David Caygill.) Not referred-under urgency Taxation Reform Bill (No. 2). (Hon. Peter Neilson.) Finance and Expenditure Finance Bill (No. 3). (Hon. David Caygill.) Commerce and Marketing Summary of Bills Introduced Appropriation Bill (No. 3) This Bill allows for the issue and application of sums of public money for the year ending with the 30th day of June 1991; authorises costs to be incurred, in relation to certain classes of outputs for the year ending with the 30th day of June 1991; and appropriates the supply granted in the year ending with the 30th day of June 1991. Finance Bill (No. 2) Part I, clauses 2 to 12, relates to the transfer to Post Office Bank Limited or to a related company of the present bonus bonds scheme. The Bill amends the following Acts: Social Security Act 1964 Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 State Sector Act 1988 Area Health Boards Act 1983 Superannuation Schemes Act 1989 Export Guarantee Act 1964 Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 Commerce Act 1986 Fisheries Act 1986 Marine Farming Act 1971 Tourist and Publicity Department Act 1963 Tariff Act 1988 Customs Act 1966 Immigration Act 1987 Income Tax Act 1976 Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 Electric Power Boards Act 1925 Electricity Act 1968 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 Medicines Act 1981 The Bill repeals the America's Cup (Planning) Act 1989. Finally, it abolishes land tax with effect on and from the year of payment commencing on the 1st day of April 1992, and provides for matters relating to land tax during the period ending with the 31st day of March 1992. Finance Bill (No. 3) The Finance Bill (No. 3) proposes to dissolve: - the Clerks of Works Registration Board; - the Engineering Associates Registration Board; - the Engineering Associates Investigation Committee; - the Engineering Registration Board; and - the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board. The Bill also seeks to confirm and validate subordinate legislation that will lapse at the close of the present session of Parliament unless validated and confirmed by an Act of Parliament. These are: (a) regulations under- the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act 1934; 2732 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 132 the Primary Products Marketing Act 1953; and (b) orders under- the War Pensions Act 1954; the Social Security Act 1964; the Customs Act 1966; and the Tariff Act 1968. It intends to amend other legislation which will establish the following boards as corporate bodies which will in future be self­ funding: - the Chiropractic Board; - the Dietitians Board; - the various boards under the Medical Auxiliaries Act 1966; - the Occupational Therapy Board; - the Opticians Board; - the Physiotherapy Board; and - the Psychologists Board. The Finance Bill (No. 3) also proposes amendments to the Port Companies Act 1988, with the most significant one being the removal of the requirement that 51 percent of the equity securities in a port company must be held by local authorities. The Bill also intends amending the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952, proposing to repeal provisions that impose liability for coastal light dues, and substituting provisions empowering the making of regulations imposing marine safety charges. Taxation Reform Bill (No. 2) This Bill amends the Income Tax Act 1976, the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, the Stamp and Cheque Duties Act 1971, and the Inland Revenue Department Act 1976. The most substantial amendment applies to Part I of the Bill which amends the Income Tax Act 1976. Amendments include changes to the provisions to make returns on an accruals basis, the trust taxation regime, the controlled foreign company taxation regime, uniform payment dates, fringe benefit tax and imputation and dividend withholding payments. Part II makes amendments to various provisions in the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985. These include the insertion of the definition of "Offices of Parliament" and the introduction of a new "hybrid" basis of accounting for goods and services tax, in addition to the existing invoice and payments basis. Part Ill amends the Stamp and Cheque Duties Act 1971 by redefining the term "public authority". The amendment is to ensure that the Stamp Duty exemption enjoyed by public authorities is confined to property held by public authorities on behalf of the Crown. Part IV of the Bill amends the Inland Revenue Department Act 1974 empowering the Taxation Review Authority to order any person appearing before it to pay the costs of the Authority according to a scale of costs to be met by regulations made under that Act. ps8400 Government Notices Howells Point Light (at 46° 23.l'S and 168° 0l.8'E); Agriculture and Fisheries thence proceeding on a true bearing of 234 ° for a half of a nautical mile to a point (at 46° 23.4'S and 168° Fisheries Act 1983 0l.2'E); thence generally in a north-easterly direction at a distance of half a nautical mile from the mean high-water mark to a point (at 46° 21.9'S and 168° 02.5'E); thence The Fisheries (Riverton Rocks Shellfish Closed to the shore on a true bearing of 49°T and to a point (at Season) Notice 1990 (No. 5027) 46° 22.4'S and 168° 0l.7'E); thence generally in a Pursuant to section 85 of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Deputy southerly direction along the mean high-water mark to Group Director, acting under delegated authority and after the point of commencement. consultation with the Director-General of Conservation and the Fishing Industry Board, hereby gives the following notice: 3. Closed season for shellfish determined-There is hereby determined to be a closed season for the taking of all shellfish Notice by amateur fishers within the Riverton Rocks Shellfish Area 1. Title and commencement-This notice may be cited as commencing on the 1st day of September 1990 and expiring the Fisheries (Riverton Rocks Shellfish Closed Season) Notice with the 31st day of August 1992. 1990 (No. 5027) and shall come into effect on the 1st day of September 1990. Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of July 1990. 2. Interpretation-In this notice, the term: R.