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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 128

licensed vessel shall be clearly painted on such dinghy. All other rowing-boats employed for hire, or as ferry, or as watermen’s boats shall be licensed as above.

31. All licenses shall be issued for such periods only as shall expire on the 31st December in any year, but these may be renewed year by year at the discretion of the Department.

32. Applications for renewals of licenses must be sent to the Department at least seven days before the expiry of the existing license.

33. Steamships at all times when under way must have a responsible person on the bridge in charge of the ship, and also a responsible person in charge of and attending to the engine. The utmost care must be taken by the person or persons in charge to prevent accidents to other vessels.

34. If the master of any vessel that is being navigated within the lake neglects to observe any of the “Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea,” which may from time to time be made by His Majesty’s Order in Council (which regulations are by secton 191 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, brought into force in the Dominion), he shall, in addition to any liabilities he may incur by so doing, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

35. Whenever the hatch of a vessel is open for the purpose of working cargo or otherwise, and there is not sufficient daylight for persons working at or near it or passing near it to see clearly that it is open, then the master of the ship shall place a light or lights at such hatch of sufficient brilliancy to enable persons to see that it is open, and shall maintain such light during the time the hatch is so open and insufficiently lighted.

36. After work has ceased for the day on board of any vessel all hatches shall be put on and properly secured to prevent accidents; and before closing the hatches an officer of the vessel shall go into the hold and into the between-decks and satisfy himself that there are no signs of fire.

37. The officer appointed by the Department may at any time inspect or measure any vessel plying on the lake, or test the accuracy of any measurement, and may appoint the time, place, and manner when, where, and in which such measurement or inspection shall be made; and, if he finds that these regulations are not duly complied with, he may suspend or cancel the license for any such vessel.

38. The expense of measuring or remeasuring, and of marking, such vessels shall be borne and paid by the owner or owners of such vessels; and if any such expense has been incurred by the Department no license shall be issued until the owner has repaid the same to it.

Master Boatmen and Watermen.

39. No person shall drive or ply for hire within the lake, nor use any vessel for the conveyance of passengers, cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise, nor act as master of a ferry-boat or tug-boat therein only, without being licensed by the Department.

40. Applications for licenses must be made in writing, addressed to the Department, and must be accompanied by a full statement of the qualifications and experience of the applicant.

The fee for each master boatmen’s or waterman’s license shall be one shilling per annum.

41. Before any license is issued to a master boatman, waterman, or other person plying for hire as before mentioned, the applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the Department, or some person appointed for the purpose, that he possesses a competent knowledge of the management of his craft, also that he is a person of respectability and free from intemperate habits.

42. Every license for a master boatman or waterman shall contain his name and address in full, and there shall be from time to time indorsed thereon by the officer appointed for the purpose the names of the vessels with which he shall ply for hire.

43. Any licensed master boatman or waterman found guilty of dishonest or improper conduct, or of using abusive or insulting language, or of plying with a boat which the Department shall consider to be not fully equipped with proper gear and not in a seaworthy condition, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 and to have his license cancelled or suspended, at the discretion of the Department.

44. Every licensed master boatman or waterman who shall carry in any vessel more passengers or cargo than the vessel has been licensed to carry, and any such master boatman or waterman who shall demand more than the proper fare, or who shall without sufficient reason refuse or neglect to take a passenger in his boat when required, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

45. Any licensed master boatman or waterman lending his license to any other person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

General.

46. Licenses shall be issued by the Department after they have been signed, numbered consecutively, and the particulars thereof entered in a book to be kept for that purpose.

47. The Department is hereby empowered to take such means and to give such orders and directions as it deems necessary for the purpose of preventing risk or accident, confusion, or overcrowding of boats alongside of vessels; and any person wilfully disobeying any orders so given shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

48. Any person obstructing or impeding the navigation of the lake, or obstructing any landing-place, by any vessel, cable, warp, or other article, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5; and in case such obstruction or impediment be not removed when ordered by the Department, it may cast off, cut, or remove any such obstruction at the risk and expense of the master or owner thereof.

49. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything required by these regulations, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or authorized to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited by these regulations, every such person so offending shall where no other penalty is imposed by these regulations, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section sixteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make such regulations as he deems necessary or expedient in order to give full effect to the provisions of the said Act: And whereas certain regulations were made under section twelve of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906, by Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight;

And whereas it is desirable that the said regulations should be revoked and other regulations made in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations made by the Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, hereinbefore referred to, and doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act; and such regulations shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—

“Reserve” means a scenic reserve under the said Act:

“Board” means a Scenic Board or a local authority in whom the control of any reserve is vested pursuant to section 13 of the said Act:

“Inspector” means an Inspector of Scenic Reserves appointed under section 4 of the said Act.

2. These regulations shall apply only to reserves the control of which has been vested in any Board pursuant to section 13 of the said Act.

3. No person shall, within the limits of a reserve, without having first obtained the written consent of the Board administering that reserve,—

(a.) Introduce any dog to follow him within the limits of the reserve; and any dog found within the limits of a reserve may be destroyed by any person authorized by the Board, either generally or in any particular case.

(b.) Damage any fence, gate, or barrier, or other property belonging to or under the control of the Board.

(c.) Destroy, deface, or injure any inscription or any label attached to or connected with any article, or tree, or shrub, or other plant, or copy of these regulations hung up or affixed at any entrance to or in any part of a reserve.