War Regulations for Businesses




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 115

of the company may, in respect and to the extent of the interests of the other shareholders therein, become a restricted business under these regulations.

  1. Every business carried on by any person as the successor or assignee of a person carrying on a restricted business shall itself be deemed to be a restricted business, and it shall be unlawful to carry on any such business save under and in pursuance of a license granted by the National Efficiency Board under the foregoing regulations, and all the provisions of these regulations shall apply accordingly.

  2. (1.) Every person who carries on or is concerned in the carrying-on of a restricted business shall at all times give to the National Efficiency Board all such information as may be demanded by that Board relative to the nature, scope, conduct, and profits of that business, and as to all other matters as to which the Board desires information for the purposes of the administration of these regulations.

(2.) Every person who fails or refuses to give any such information as aforesaid, or who gives to the Board any false information on any such matters as aforesaid, or who in any manner deceives the Board in the exercise of its powers under these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.

  1. (1.) Without the permission of the National Efficiency Board it shall not be lawful for any person to establish or carry on any new business as a retail shopkeeper, merchant, importer, exporter, commission agent, indent agent, accountant, auditor, land agent, manufacturer, solicitor, medical practitioner, or dentist.

(2.) Such permission may be granted by the Board with such restrictions as to the locality or manner in which the business shall be carried on as the Board thinks necessary in the public interest.

(3.) Any extension or alteration of an old business, whether in respect of the locality in which it is carried on or in respect of its scope or nature, shall be deemed to be the establishment or carrying-on of a new business within the meaning of this regulation.

(4.) Every person who establishes or carries on or is knowingly concerned in the establishment or carrying-on of a new business without the permission of the Board, or otherwise than in accordance with any restrictions so imposed by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.

(5.) The fact that a business has been established with the permission of the Board under this regulation shall in no manner take away or affect with respect to that business the powers hereinbefore conferred on the Board with respect to protected and restricted businesses.

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

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



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🛡️ War Regulations for the Protection of Soldiers’ Businesses (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
27 August 1918
War Regulations, Soldiers' Businesses, Protection, Public Welfare, Licensing, National Efficiency Board
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council