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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 96

3. Save with the consent of the Minister of Marine, it shall not be lawful to procure the transfer of the registry of a New Zealand ship to a port of registry out of New Zealand, or the removal of any such ship from the register of British shipping, and all persons who in New Zealand are knowingly concerned in any such transfer or removal, or attempted transfer or removal, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

4. Save with the consent of the Minister of Marine, it shall not be lawful to sell or transfer, or agree to sell or transfer, or to mortgage or agree to mortgage, any New Zealand ship or any share therein, and all persons who in New Zealand are knowingly concerned in any such sale, transfer, mortgage, or agreement, whether it takes place in New Zealand or elsewhere, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

5. Save with the consent of the Minister of Marine, it shall not be lawful to grant a charter of any New Zealand ship other than a ship which has not at any time within twelve months before the date of the charter been engaged in trading in or with New Zealand, and all persons who in New Zealand are knowingly concerned in the grant of any such charter, whether granted in New Zealand or elsewhere, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

6. (1.) It shall not be lawful for any New Zealand ship to leave New Zealand for any place beyond the seas, or to leave a proclaimed port (as hereinafter defined) for any other port or place in New Zealand, except in pursuance of a license issued in that behalf by the Minister of Marine, and every person who in New Zealand is knowingly concerned in any such departure of a New Zealand ship, save in pursuance of such a license, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

(2.) Any such license as aforesaid may be issued on such terms as to the voyage or employment of the ship as the Minister of Marine thinks fit, and may be granted either generally or in respect of any specified voyage or voyages, and every person who in New Zealand is knowingly concerned in any breach of the terms of such license, whether committed in New Zealand or elsewhere, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

(3.) Every such license shall be revocable at the will of the Minister of Marine.

(4.) No certificate of clearance shall be granted under the Customs Act, 1913, to any ship in respect of any voyage in breach of this regulation.

(5.) In this regulation the term “proclaimed port” means any port of entry in New Zealand under the Customs Act, 1913, to which this regulation has been applied by the Minister of Marine by notice published by him in the Gazette, and for the time being in force.

(6.) The Minister of Marine may accordingly, by notice in the Gazette, from time to time declare that this regulation shall apply to all or any of such ports of entry, and may at any time in like manner cancel or vary any such notice.

7. (1.) Without the consent of the Minister of Marine it shall not be lawful for any New Zealand ship which at the date of these regulations is engaged in trading in or with New Zealand to be withdrawn from that trade, whether permanently or temporarily; and every person who in New Zealand is knowingly concerned in any such withdrawal, whether it takes place in New Zealand or elsewhere, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

(2.) Such consent may be granted subject to such terms as to the employment of the ship as the Minister of Marine thinks fit, and if the ship is employed otherwise than in accordance with those terms, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, every person who in New Zealand is knowingly concerned in such employment shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

8. It shall be the duty of every owner or charterer of a New Zealand ship, and of every servant or agent of any such owner or charterer, to afford at all times to the Minister of Marine such information as he may demand as to the voyages, employment, or whereabouts of that ship, or otherwise with respect to that ship; and every person who fails or refuses to give such information, or who wilfully gives any false information as to the matters aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

9. Every person who deceives or attempts to deceive the Minister of Marine in the exercise of the authority conferred upon him by these regulations shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.