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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

REGULATIONS.

1. IN these regulations the term “racing club” means and includes every horse-racing club, racing committee, racing association, and trotting club, within the meaning of Part III of the Stamp Duties Act, 1908.

2. Every statement required to be forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs in pursuance of section 142 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, or in pursuance of the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, shall be signed by one of the stewards of the racing club, and shall be verified by statutory declaration made by the secretary or other chief executive officer of the racing club by or on behalf of which that statement is forwarded.

3. Every statutory declaration made in accordance with the last preceding regulation shall be in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, and may be made before any Justice of the Peace, solicitor, notary public, or other authorised officer, in accordance with the provisions of section 288 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

4. Where the duties payable under section 142 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, as amended by section 2 of the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, or under section 3 of the last-mentioned Act, are deposited by any racing club at any branch of the bank at which the Public Account is kept, a duplicate copy of the statement sent to the Minister of Internal Affairs shall be forwarded by the said club to the Commissioner of Stamps, at Wellington, together with a bank receipt for the said deposit.

5. In all cases the amount of duty payable as aforesaid shall be paid within fourteen days after the holding of the race meeting in respect of which that duty is payable.

6. Before granting to any racing club a license to use a totalisator at any race meeting, the Minister of Internal Affairs may, if he thinks fit, require a security for the payment by the said racing club of all duties and other sums payable by that club under Part III of the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, or under the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, in respect of the race meeting for which the license is proposed to be issued.

7. Every security given in accordance with the last preceding regulation shall be by bond in the Form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto, for such sum as the Minister of Internal Affairs thinks fit, and entered into by two or more responsible officers of the club approved by the said Minister.

8. The regulations relating to the payment of duty in respect of the use of totalisators at race meetings, dated the first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and published in the Gazette of the same date, are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Form No. 1.

STATUTORY DECLARATION VERIFYING STATEMENTS.

I, [Insert name, place of abode, and occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am the [State position held in club] of the [State the name of club], which carries on business at .

2. That the statement hereunto annexed, marked “A,” contains a full and true statement of the amount of the gross takings of each totalisator used at a race meeting held under the management of the said , at , on the and days of the month of , 19 , together with the particulars of that amount.

3. That the statement hereunto annexed, marked “B,” contains a full and true statement of the gross amount received by way of payments for admission to the racecourse or to any part thereof, and by way of fees payable on any licenses granted to any person other than licenses to jockeys and trainers in respect of the above-mentioned race meeting, together with the particulars of that amount.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

[Signature of deponent.]

Declared at , this day of , 19 ,
before me—

C. D.,
Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public, &c.].

Form No. 2.

BOND.

Know all men by these present that we, [Name], of , in the Provincial District of , [Calling], and [Name], of , in the provincial district aforesaid, [Calling], are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto His Majesty King Edward the Seventh, his heirs and successors, in the penal sum of [Amount as fixed by the Minister of Internal Affairs], for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, and the executors and administrators of us and each of us, jointly and severally, firmly by these present. Sealed with our seals. Dated this day of , 19 .

Whereas on or about the day of , 19 , the [Officer of club] made application to the Minister of Internal Affairs for a license or authority to use the totalisator at a race meeting to be held under the management of the [Name of club, committee, or association] (hereinafter referred to as “the said racing club”) at , on the and days of the month of , 19 :

And whereas by section 142 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, as amended by section 2 of the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, it is enacted that upon the gross takings of every totalisator or other instrument or machine of a like nature, and conducted on the like principle, there shall be payable to His Majesty a duty calculated at the rate of 2½ per centum per annum upon such gross takings:

And whereas by section 3 of the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, it is further enacted that there shall be likewise payable a duty of 2½ per centum on the gross amount received at any race meeting by any horse-racing club, racing committee, or racing association, authorised to use the totalisator, by way of payments for admission to the racecourse or to any part thereof, or by way of fees payable on any licenses granted to any person other than licenses to jockeys and trainers in respect of that race meeting:

And whereas the Minister of Internal Affairs, before granting a license or authority as hereinbefore mentioned, has requested the said racing club to give security for the payment of all duties that may be payable by it under the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, and the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, in respect of the gross takings of every totalisator used by it, and in respect of the gross amount received by it in respect of admission and other fees as aforesaid:

Now, the condition of this bond is that if the said racing club shall, within fourteen days after the holding of the said race meeting, duly pay unto His Majesty all duties and other dues that may be payable under the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, and the Stamp Duties Amendment Act, 1909, in respect of the gross takings of every totalisator used by it at the said meeting, and in respect of the gross amount received by it in respect of admission and other fees as aforesaid, and shall in all respects observe and perform the provisions of the said Acts, and of any regulations made thereunder and for the time being in force in relation to the premises, then this bond shall be void and of none effect, but otherwise shall remain in full force and effect.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said
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Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said
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[L.S.]

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten.

GEO. FOWLDS,
For Minister of Stamp Duties.

Regulation under “The Mining Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Mining Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby revoke the regulation specified in the First Schedule hereto, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Second Schedule hereto ; and doth hereby declare that the regulation thereby made shall come into force on the day of the gazetting hereof.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Clause (d) of Part II of regulations for the installation of electricity, dated 25th October, 1909, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 28th October, 1909.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

(d.) No higher pressure than a medium-pressure supply shall be used underground other than for transmission or for motors, and shall then be applied only to transformers and motors in which the whole of the high-pressure circuit is stationary; and the high-pressure wires or conductors, other than overhead lines above ground, forming the connections to the transformers, or otherwise in connection with the supply, shall be completely enclosed in a strong armouring or metal casing efficiently connected with earth,