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(b.) Unless at the date of shipment the minimum quantity of such timber as fixed for the period including the date of shipment and for all preceding periods has been disposed of by the sawmiller or some other person for use in New Zealand at a price not exceeding such maximum price (if any) as may for the time being be fixed under the provisions in that behalf of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, or is reserved for use in New Zealand and is available for sale at such price, or unless security has been given to the satisfaction of the Minister that such minimum quantity will be so reserved as aforesaid.

7. (1.) Every person who proposes to export any timber after the commencement of this Order in Council shall apply to the Collector of Customs at the port of shipment for a permit to export such timber, and shall furnish to the Collector —

(a.) Particulars as to the kind and grade of timber proposed to be exported;

(b.) Particulars as to the sawmill at which the timber was produced, or, in cases where application for a permit is made before the timber has been actually produced, particulars as to the sawmill at which such timber is to be produced;

(c.) Particulars as to the minimum quantity (if any) of timber of the same kind or grade as the timber proposed to be exported, fixed with respect to the sawmill at which such timber was or is to be produced, for the period comprising the date of shipment, and for all preceding periods;

(d.) A declaration under the Customs Act, 1913, that the minimum quantity or minimum quantities so fixed have been disposed of, or have been duly reserved for use in New Zealand, at a price not exceeding the maximum price (if any) for the time being fixed under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, or that security has been duly given to the satisfaction of the Minister in Charge for the reservation of such minimum quantity or minimum quantities as aforesaid; and

(e.) Such other particulars as may be required to satisfy the Collector that the timber proposed to be exported may be lawfully exported pursuant to these regulations.

(2.) On any application for the issue of a permit under this regulation the Collector of Customs shall issue the same if he is of opinion that the provisions of these regulations have been complied with, and not otherwise.

8. (1.) Every person carrying on business as a sawmiller or as an exporter of sawn timber, and every person requiring supplies of sawn timber for the purposes of any business carried on by him, shall from time to time make to the Minister in Charge, or to the Board of Trade, such returns as to his business as the Minister or Board of Trade may from time to time require for the purposes of this Order in Council, such returns to be verified by statutory declaration if and so far as the Minister or the Board so requires.

(2.) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the Minister or the Board of Trade may require any sawmiller or exporter of sawn timber, or any person requiring supplies of sawn timber for the purposes of his business as aforesaid, to furnish returns as to his business for any period subsequent to the 31st day of March, 1915.

9. The Minister in Charge may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any kind or grade of timber from the operation of these regulations, and may in like manner revoke any such notice.

PART III.—WAR REGULATIONS.

10. Every person shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly, who—

(a.) Fails to make any return or to furnish any particulars required from him pursuant to these regulations;

(b.) Makes any such return which is false in any respect; or

(c.) Makes any false representation for the purpose of obtaining a permit under these regulations.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.