Num. 4.

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1900.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1900.

Regulations for the Inspection, Manufacture, and Storing of Explosives.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of January, 1900.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Explosives Act, 1882,” and “The Explosives Act Amendment, 1897,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Acts, namely:—

REGULATIONS.

In these regulations,—
The term “explosives” or “any explosive” means and includes “explosives” as defined by “The Explosives Act, 1882”:

“Danger building” means and includes any magazine, store, or building in which explosives as herein defined are manufactured, kept, or stored:

“The Minister” means the Minister of Defence, and includes any member of the Executive Council acting for and in the absence of such Minister, or appointed to have charge of the administration of “The Explosives Act, 1882”:

“Inspector” or “Inspector of Explosives” means any officer or Inspector appointed under “The Explosives Act, 1882,” or “The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897,” for the inspection or testing of explosives.

PART I.—INSPECTION OF EXPLOSIVES.

Regulations.

1. Every magazine, whether public or private, wherein is stored any explosive other than Government property shall at all hours during the working day be open to inspection by an Inspector of Explosives. He may at his discretion open any case or package of explosives therein and remove therefrom such sample of its contents as will enable him to make such chemical or other examination thereof as shall satisfy him of the good and safe condition or otherwise of such explosives. He shall give such orders and directions to the keeper of the magazine regarding the stowage and disposal of the explosives therein contained as may in his judgment appear to be necessary.

2. In case of explosives being found by any Inspector of Explosives to have deteriorated in quality, or suffered chemical change, or become otherwise damaged by long storage, heat, damp, or any other cause affecting their safety or value as explosives, the Inspector shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, and after notifying the owner thereof, remove such explosives from the magazine, and shall at once destroy, or cause to be destroyed, all explosives so condemned; and the owner thereof shall have no claim against the Minister for the value of the explosives so destroyed.

3. If packages containing explosives, stored in a public or private magazine, shall be found by such Inspector to be, in his opinion, so far damaged as to be unfit for their original purpose, he may order the same to be repaired, renewed, or replaced, as he shall think fit, at the cost of the owner thereof; and in case of the owner’s refusal or neglect so to do he may cause the necessary repairs to be done at the cost of the owner.

4. Any proprietor or keeper of a magazine refusing to admit an Inspector of Explosives to the magazine under his charge, or neglecting forthwith to obey or carry into effect any order or directions given by an Inspector of Explosives concerning such magazine or its contents, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter provided.

5. In the event of any explosives of Class III., whether stored in a public or private magazine, or in the keeping of any person for his own use or for sale, being found to be spoiled, or unfit or unsafe for use, the owner of such damaged explosive shall at once notify the nearest Inspector of Explosives thereof, who shall himself take immediate steps for the destruction or safe disposal thereof, or instruct some competent person so to do, at the cost of the owner.

6. Any owner of explosives of Class I., Class II., Class III., having reason to believe that such explosives in his possession have become unreliable or unsafe, may have the same tested by an Inspector of Explosives, on a payment of 5s. being tendered along with and for each sample to be tested; and the Inspector’s report thereon shall be conclusive evidence of the state or condition of such sample.

PART II.—MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVES.

Regulations.

1. A factory for the manufacture of explosives shall not be allowed except on the site and in the manner specified in a license for the same granted under these regulations.

2. Applications for licenses for factories must be made to the Minister, and must be accompanied by a draft of the proposed license, including a plan (drawn to scale) of the proposed factory and the site thereof (which plan shall be deemed to form part of and to be in these regulations included in the expression “the license”).