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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 115

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the authority so conferred upon him by the aforesaid Acts, doth hereby make the following regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Soldiers’ Businesses Regulations, 1918.

2. In these regulations—

“National Efficiency Board” means the National Efficiency Board constituted by the Governor-General by Warrant dated the 27th day of February, 1917:

“Board of Trustees” means a Soldiers’ Property Board of Trustees constituted under the Soldiers’ Property Regulations, 1917, made under the War Regulations Act, 1914, on the 2nd day of April, 1917:

“Soldier” means a member of an Expeditionary Force constituted under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915:

“Business” means any business, trade, profession, manufacture, industry, or undertaking other than employment in the service of an employer.

3. (1.) Every reference in these regulations to a Board of Trustees shall, in respect of the business of any soldier, be construed as a reference to—

(a.) A Board of Trustees having any powers of management or disposition of that business under a power of attorney executed in pursuance of the Soldiers’ Property Regulations, 1917; or

(b.) A Board of Trustees, authorized by a power of attorney executed by that soldier or by an attorney of that soldier, having any powers of management or disposition of his business, to exercise on behalf of that soldier the powers conferred by these present regulations.

(2.) All the provisions of the Soldiers’ Property Regulations, 1917, relative to powers of attorney shall, so far as applicable, apply to a power of attorney granted to a Board of Trustees under paragraph (b) of this regulation.

(3.) A soldier’s business in respect of which a Board of Trustees holds any such power of attorney as aforesaid is in these regulations referred to as a protected business.

4. For the purposes of these regulations the concurrent action of any three or more members of the National Efficiency Board, whether at a meeting of the Board or otherwise, shall be deemed to be the action of the Board.

5. (1.) When the National Efficiency Board is satisfied that any person is carrying on or is about to carry on any business which will compete with the protected business of a soldier, and which will be rendered more profitable by the destruction or diminution of that protected business through the absence of that soldier on military service, the National Efficiency Board may give to the person by whom such first-mentioned business is or is about to be carried on a notice that such business is not to be carried on except under a license to be granted by the National Efficiency Board under these regulations.

(2.) Without precluding any other method of giving such notice, any such notice may be given by leaving it at the place of business or at any place of business of the person to whom it is to be given, addressed to that person either by name or by any name under which that business is carried on.

(3.) Every business in respect of which any such notice has been given and remains in force is hereinafter referred to as a restricted business.

6. (1.) Any such notice may relate either to the whole of the business of the person to whom it is given or to any part thereof specified in the notice, and distinguished by reference to its nature or to the locality in which it is carried on.

(2.) When any such notice is in force with respect to part of a business only, such part shall be deemed to be in itself a separate restricted business, and all the provisions of these regulations shall be construed and shall apply accordingly.

7. Any such notice may at any time be revoked by the National Efficiency Board.

8. So long as any such notice remains in force it shall not be lawful, at any time later than twenty-one clear days after the day on which the notice was given, to carry on the restricted business save under a