New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 99

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✨ Petrol Importation Regulations

Hamb. 99. 2601

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918.

Regulations as to the Importation, Sale, and Distribution of Petrol.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1918.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, as extended by section two of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Amendment Act, 1915, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may prohibit the importation of any goods if the prohibition of the importation thereof is in his opinion necessary in the public interest, and that such prohibition may be either absolute or such as to allow the importation of such goods subject to any conditions or restrictions: And whereas in the opinion of the Governor-General it is necessary in the public interest, by reason of the conditions created by the present war, to prohibit the importation of petrol to the extent and in the manner hereinafter appearing: And whereas by section thirty-five of the War Legislation Act, 1917, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may by regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914, make such provisions as, having regard to the exigencies of the present war or the conditions created thereby, he thinks advisable for the maintenance, control, regulation, and management of any industry or business that may be regarded by him as essential for or affecting the public welfare: And whereas the importation, sale, distribution, and supply of petrol is in the opinion of the Governor-General an industry or business essential for the public welfare, and it is desirable to make regulations for its control and regulation accordingly: And whereas by section two of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may by Order in Council gazetted fix and determine the maximum price in New Zealand of any class of goods: And whereas it is desirable that such last-mentioned power should be exercised in respect of petrol:

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, doth hereby, in exercise of the several authorities aforesaid, make the regulations contained in Part I of the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred as aforesaid by the Customs Act, 1913, make the regulations contained in Part II of the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred

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