Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 807

Making Amended Regulations under “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in that behalf conferred on him by “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and its amendments, 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Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke all regulations heretofore made under the said Act or any Act repealed thereby, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council and the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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REGULATIONS.

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STATIONARY STEAM-ENGINES AND BOILERS.

EXAMINATIONS.

1. EXAMINATIONS for certificates under “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), will be conducted at the offices of the Inspectors of Machinery at Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill on the first week-day (and on following days if necessary to complete examinations) of the months of February, May, August, and November, or at such other times and places as the Chief Inspector of Machinery may direct. No persons will be allowed in the rooms during the examinations other than those whose duties require them to be present, and no instructors will be allowed on the premises.

2. All books necessary for the use of candidates under examination will be provided by the Examiners. Applicants are not permitted to take into the examining-room any book, paper, document, or memoranda of any description whatever.

3. Candidates will be allowed, in the time allotted, to cancel any part of their work, and, when required, additional papers will be supplied by the Examiner; but they will not be allowed to work out the problems on a slate or on paper other than that supplied by the Examiner. The additional sheets must be attached to and form part of the examination-papers.

4. In the event of any candidate being discovered copying from another, or affording any assistance or giving information to another, or communicating in any way with another during the time of examination, he will be regarded as having failed in his examination, and will be turned back for three months, in the same manner as if he had failed in the practical part of the examination, and no part of the fees he may have paid for the examination will be returned to him.

5. If a candidate leaves the room before answering any question which has been given to him, he cannot afterwards be permitted to answer it, but the Examiner may substitute other data or another question.

6. In case of failure, no part of the fee will be returned, and the candidate will not be eligible for re-examination until after the expiration of three calendar months from the date of failure.

CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE GRANTED UNDER SECTION 45 OF “THE INSPECTION OF MACHINERY ACT, 1902.”

7. Every applicant for a certificate of service to be granted without examination shall apply for the same by filling up the application form referred to in Regulation No. 8 hereof, and shall pay the required fee.

APPLICATIONS.

8. Each applicant for a certificate must forward to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, an application on Form 14A, properly filled in. [Such form can be had at the offices of the Inspectors of Machinery in Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill.] The testimonials of the candidate, and the fee for the particular class of certificate required, must be sent with the application, and (in cases of examinations) must be lodged with the Chief Inspector of Machinery at Wellington twenty-one days before the date of examination.

9. Every holder of a certificate, when applying to be examined under these regulations for a certificate of a higher grade, must send his certificate to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, with his application, and, in case of a certificate of the higher grade being granted to him, the certificate of the lower grade will be retained by the Board of Examiners.

10. The Board of Examiners shall grant certificates of competency, in the forms set forth in the First Schedule hereto, to persons who pass the prescribed examinations for such certificates, and also in accordance with section 49 of the said Act, and shall also grant certificates of service, in the form set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, to such persons as the Board shall consider entitled thereto under the 45th section of the said Act.

FEES.

11. The fee must be paid by postal note, money-order, or cash (not by stamps or cheque), and be sent with the application to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington.

12. No part of the fee will be returned, except when an applicant applies under a misapprehension; but when the application is for examination and it is found that the applicant’s service is insufficient to entitle him to be examined, or that his testimonials are unsatisfactory, he will be allowed to present himself for examination when he has fulfilled the necessary requirements.

13. The scale of fees is as follows:—

Competency. Service.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Extra first-class stationary engineer .. 1 0 0 ..
First-class stationary-engine driver .. 1 0 0 0 5 0
Second-class stationary-engine driver .. 0 10 0 0 5 0
Winding-engine driver .. 0 10 0 ..
Traction- and locomotive-engine driver 0 10 0 ..
For renewal of lost or destroyed certificate .. .. .. 0 5 0 0 5 0

14. A declaration accounting for the loss of the certificate must be lodged with the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, and the fee paid, before the application for renewal can be entertained. The necessary form can be obtained from the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington.