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(d.) The building shall be so secured as to prevent access
by unauthorized persons, and shall be sufficiently
weatherproof to prevent access of water to the
place where the calcium carbide is stored.

(2.) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to the
storage of a quantity of calcium carbide not exceeding 50 lb.
contained in waterproof and airtight tins each containing not
more than 7 lb.

43. The occupier of premises licensed for the storage of
    calcium carbide, and every person in or about the same, shall
    comply with the following rules :—

(a.) Calcium carbide shall be kept stored or conveyed only
in strong metal vessels so constructed and closed as
to prevent the admission of water and atmospheric
moisture, each of which contains not more than
224 lb. of carbide. No more of these vessels than is
necessary for immediate requirements shall be
opened at one time, and then only for the time
necessary for the removal of any required quantity
of carbide.

(b.) Only such other goods as may be approved shall be
stored in the same building or room as calcium
carbide.

(c.) Only commercially pure carbide of calcium shall be
kept on the premises.

(d.) Unalloyed copper shall not be used in the construction
of vessels or apparatus used for or with carbide of
calcium and the gas produced therefrom.

(e.) No application for generating acetylene gas other than
a portable lamp shall be used on the premises
except an apparatus of a type approved by the Chief
Inspector, and clear instructions as to the management
of the apparatus shall be kept conspicuously posted in
the generator house. Oxy-acetylene welding shall
not be carried on unless an efficient oxygen trap is
provided on the acetylene supply-pipe to the blow-
pipe in such manner as to prevent the possibility of
oxygen finding its way to the acetylene generator.

(f.) Suitable arrangements shall be made for the safe dis-
posal of any residue of carbide of calcium removed
from a gas-making apparatus, and such residue shall
not be introduced into sewers or cesspools unless
mixed with at least ten times its bulk of water.

(g.) No artificial light capable of igniting inflammable
vapour shall be taken into, and no person shall
smoke in, any generator house or calcium carbide
storage place.

44. All phosphorus stored on licensed premises shall be
    kept completely covered with water in vessels of metal or
    other approved material of such construction as may be
    approved; provided that no more than 2 lb. of phosphorus
    shall be stored in any building which is a protected work
    unless such building is built of brick, stone, or concrete, and
    the room or compartment where the phosphorus is kept is of
    approved fire-resisting construction; provided further that
    only such other goods as may be approved shall be stored in
    any building or in any room or compartment in which
    phosphorus is kept.

(e.) General.

45. Notwithstanding anything in these regulations, in cases
    where the public safety will not be unduly prejudiced thereby
    a license may, with the approval of the Chief Inspector, be
    issued to store dangerous goods in the quantities stated in
    such license in a well-ventilated depot or storage place
    which does not otherwise comply with the requirements of
    this Part of these regulations. Such license may be issued
    either without restriction, or may be for a definite period
    only, or may be subject to cancellation under certain con-
    ditions.

46. Every depot established or maintained by a local
    authority shall comply with the provisions contained in
    these regulations regarding the construction, situation, and
    maintenance of depots on licensed premises.

47. The Minister may, under his hand, make, and may in
    like manner revoke, alter, or add to, special rules for the
    regulation of the persons managing or employed in or about
    any depot maintained by any local authority, or in or about
    any licensed premises, or store-ship, with a view to secure
    the observance of the said Act and these regulations therein,
    and the safety and proper discipline of the said persons and
    the safety of the public. Any person committing a breach
    of any of such special rules shall be deemed to have com-
    mitted a breach of these regulations, and shall be liable to a
    fine of £10.

PART V.—MISCELLANEOUS.

Accidents.

48. Whenever there occurs any accident by explosion or
    fire in which dangerous goods are involved on any licensed
    premises, the occupier shall forthwith send or cause to be
    sent to the licensing authority for the district notice of such
    accident and of any loss of life or personal injury (if any)
    occasioned thereby.

49. Where in, about, or in connection with any ship or
    carriage either carrying any dangerous goods, or on or from
    which dangerous goods are being loaded, unloaded, or held,
    there occurs any accident by explosion or fire involving such
    dangerous goods, the owner or master of such ship or car-
    riage, and the owner of the inflammable liquid being loaded,
    unloaded, held, or conveyed, shall forthwith send, or cause to
    be sent, to the licensing authority for the district notice of
    such accident and the loss of life or personal injury (if any)
    occasioned thereby.

50. When an accident by explosion or fire has wholly or
    in part destroyed any depot or place where dangerous goods
    are stored, such depot shall not be reconstructed, and no
    dangerous goods shall be placed therein, except with the
    permission of an Inspector, and dangerous goods placed
    therein in contravention of this regulation shall be deemed
    to be kept in an unauthorized place.

Testing.

51. For the purposes of the said Act and these regulations
    the “true flashing-point” of an inflammable liquid or pre-
    paration shall be that defined in the Fifth Schedule to these
    regulations when the liquid or preparation is tested in the
    manner set forth in that Schedule.

Issue of Licenses in Districts other than those controlled by a
Local Authority.

52. Licenses to keep, store, or use dangerous goods shall
    be issued annually in such form as the Minister may direct
    and shall expire on the 31st day of March in each year.

53. All applications for license, and for the renewal, transfer,
    or amendment of a license, shall be made, in such form as
    may be approved by the Minister, to the Chief Inspector
    of Explosives at Wellington.

54. Every application for a license shall be accompanied by
    the fee as specified hereunder :—

Retail License:—
For the storage of a quantity of dangerous
goods of Class I or of Class II not exceeding
800 gallons if stored in an above-ground
“non-bulk” storage depot, or 1,600 gallons
if stored in an approved underground tank
depot, and, in addition, such quantities of
dangerous goods of Class III as may be
approved by an Inspector .. .. £ s. d.
0 10 0

Wholesale License:—
For the storage of dangerous goods of Class I
or of Class II in quantities exceeding those
allowed under a retail license, and, in addi-
tion, such quantities of dangerous goods of
Class III as may be approved by an Inspector 2 0 0
For the storage of dangerous goods of Class III
only .. .. .. .. 0 5 0
For the storage of petroleum in bulk in quan-
tities exceeding 5,000 gallons .. .. 5 0 0
For the storage of dangerous goods of Class I
in quantities exceeding 10 gallons on pre-
mises used for dry cleaning or other in-
dustrial purpose .. .. .. 2 0 0
Provided that where dangerous goods are stored in
both underground and above-ground depots the
quantity stored on any premises under retail license
shall not exceed 800 gallons, reckoning each 2 gallons
stored underground as 1 gallon.

55. All licenses shall be issued subject to the regulations
    under the said Act for the time being in force.

56. The Chief Inspector may at any time at his discretion
    cancel or revoke any license.

Fees payable to Public Account by Local Authorities under
Section 10 (5) of the said Act.

57. (1.) Every local authority which is a licensing authority
    shall, within fourteen days after the last days of March, June,
    September, and December respectively of each year, pay
    into the Public Account to the credit of the Consolidated
    Fund an amount in respect of licenses issued by that local
    authority equal to one-half the fees prescribed by regulation
    54; and shall forthwith furnish to the Chief Inspector a
    return, in such form as the Chief Inspector may from time to
    time require, of all licenses issued by that local authority
    under the said Act.

(2.) The Minister may, on the application of any licensing
authority, grant exemption to that authority from the opera-
tion of this clause in respect of any license for which no
license fee has been charged, or for which a license fee less
than the fees prescribed by clause 54 hereof has been charged.
Any exemption as aforesaid shall be for such period as the
Minister may specify in that behalf.

Saving of Existing Licenses.

58. All licenses issued by local authorities (whether before
    or after the commencement of these regulations) under by-
    laws made pursuant to the provisions of the Explosive and
    Dangerous Goods Act, 1908, and which expire prior to the
    1st April, 1922, shall be deemed to be licenses under the said
    Act.