New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 153

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✨ War Regulations for Safety

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917.

War Regulations for the Safety of Ships and Cargoes.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of October, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

FOR better securing the public safety during the present war, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the authority conferred upon him by the War Regulations Act, 1914, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations under the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

In these regulations—

“Competent authority” means a military authority or naval authority under the War Regulations, or the Commissioner of Police, or a Superintendent or Inspector of Police:

“Wharf” means any wharf, quay, pier, jetty, or other place used for the lading or unlading of ships; and includes all warehouses or other buildings adjacent to any such wharf, quay, pier, jetty, or other place and used in connection therewith; and also includes any public highway so far as it intersects any such wharf, quay, pier, jetty, or other place:

“Ship” means any seagoing vessel, or any lighter or other vessel used in connection with the lading or unlading of a seagoing vessel:

“Cargo” includes any goods or merchandise on or about a wharf having been unladen from a ship or awaiting shipment:

“Constable” includes any guard stationed by a military or naval authority at any wharf or ship in pursuance of clause 8 of the War Regulations made on the 10th day of November, 1914.

Every person who by any act or default, whether wilful or negligent, endangers the safety of any ship or cargo, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

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🛡️ War Regulations for the Safety of Ships and Cargoes

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated10 October 1917
KeywordsWar Regulations, Safety, Ships, Cargoes, Public Safety
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HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

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