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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73
Fee for Examination.
- Every applicant for examination shall pay an examination fee of 10s. 6d. In the event of the applicant being successful in passing the examination, no fee will be charged for the license; should he be unsuccessful, he may present himself for re-examination within a period of four months without further fee. The fee for renewal of a license after expiry shall be 2s. 6d., and for the renewal of a license which has been cancelled the fee shall be one guinea.
Provisional Licenses.
- Provisional licenses to carry out electrical work may be granted, at the discretion of the Department, to—
(a.) Applicants for licenses who have failed to pass the required examination. Such licenses shall be valid only for a period not exceeding four months from date of issue, or until the next examination is held :
(b.) Master wiremen or wiremen not holding licenses from the Power Boards or local bodies mentioned in clause 56 of these by-laws, on production of evidence of competency. Such licenses shall be valid only until the date of the first examination following date of issue of provisional license. Holders of provisional licenses must, if required, undergo examination as required by these by-laws.
License to be produced.
- Every licensed master wireman or wireman whilst employed in work within the scope of this by-law shall carry his license with him, and shall produce the same whenever required to do so by the person for whom the work is being performed, or by any authorized officer of the Department.
Re-issue of License.
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If by accident, use, or otherwise a license or any endorsement thereon shall be rendered illegible or defaced in any material part thereof, the licensee shall deliver up the same to the Examining Board, which shall issue to the licensee a fresh license, for which issue the licensee shall pay the sum of 2s. 6d.
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In the event of a license being lost or destroyed a fresh license may be obtained from the Examining Board if satisfactory evidence of such loss or destruction is produced, or on the production of a statutory declaration made by the licensee under the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, setting out the facts of such loss or destruction of the license, and upon payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., and pending the issue of a fresh license a temporary one may be granted by the Examining Board.
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No fresh license shall at any time be issued until the one previously issued is given up to the Examining Board, or satisfactory evidence of loss or destruction produced.
Misuse of License.
- Any person making use of such license not being himself the licensee therein named, and any holder of a license allowing his license to be used by any other person, whether such last-named person be or be not licensed under these by-laws, shall be guilty of an offence against these by-laws, and in addition to any penalty incurred in respect of such offence the license thus improperly used may be suspended or cancelled by the Examining Board, and during such suspension and after such cancellation the person named in such license as the licensee shall be deemed to be unlicensed.
Examinations.
- All licenses to be issued under these by-laws shall be issued by the Examining Board, which shall conduct the necessary examinations at such times and places as may be arranged. The date of such examinations may be obtained upon application at the office of the Department.
Signature of Licensee.
- Before issue of the license it must be signed by the licensee in the presence of, and must bear the signatures of, at least two members of the Examining Board.
Work to be carried out in accordance with By-laws.
- All electrical work shall be carried out in strict accordance with by-laws which the Department may from time to time adopt, and any breach or non-compliance with such by-laws shall be deemed to be a breach of these by-laws.
Work done by Unlicensed Persons not to be connected to Mains.
- No electrical installations shall be connected with the Department’s mains unless such work shall have been installed by a person duly licensed under these by-laws.
Work to be subject to Engineer’s approval.
- All work required to be done within the scope of these by-laws shall be subject in all things to the direction and approval, and all material supplied in connection with electrical installations shall be subject to the approval, of the Engineer; and no work of installing, extending, altering, or disconnecting any electrical installation shall be commenced without giving five clear days’ previous notice in writing to the Department. A permit issued by the Engineer shall be deemed to be sufficient authority to proceed with the work.
SCHEDULE.
[Form No. 1.
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
To the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, Rotorua.
I, , hereby apply for a license as , under Part 2 of Part XIII of the Department’s by-laws governing issue of such licenses.
I enclose herewith 10s. 6d. for examination fee.
[Signature.]
[Date.]
[Form No. 2.
FORM OF LICENSE.
Department of Tourist and Health Resorts.
ROTORUA ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM.
Mr. , of , is hereby licensed by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts as a , for the purposes of Part 2 of Part XIII of the Department’s by-laws, dated 16th September, 1922, and all amendments thereof.
This license terminates on the 31st day of December, 19 .
Members of Examining Board.
[Signature of licensee.]
[Date of issue.]
Given under the common seal of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts this 16th day of September, 1922.
W. NOSWORTHY.
The above written by-laws were signed by the Hon. William Nosworthy, the Minister in Charge of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, in the presence of—L. C. MITCHELL, Private Secretary.
(L.S.)
The common seal of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts (as incorporated under the Rotorua Town Act, 1907) was affixed to the above-written by-laws in the presence of—B. M. WILSON, General Manager.
Amending the Rotorua Town By-laws, 1909.
WHEREAS by section 354 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, Borough Councils are empowered from time to time to make by-laws, inter alia, for the following purposes :—
(1.) The good rule and government of the borough ;
(2.) Regulating, controlling, or prohibiting any act, matter, or thing usually the subject of municipal regulation, control, or prohibition ;
(3.) Conserving public health, safety, and convenience, and preventing and abating nuisances ;
(4.) To appeal or alter a by-law :
And whereas by section 4 of the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, all such powers of Borough Councils were conferred on the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts in respect of the Town of Rotorua :
And whereas it is expedient to make such by-laws accordingly with respect to the said town :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the herein-before-recited powers, the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts doth hereby amend the by-laws made by the said Department on the 2nd day of December, 1909, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 8th day of December, 1909, by revoking Part IX (Storage of Explosives) of the said by-laws, and substituting therefor the regulations made applicable as by-laws to the Town of Rotorua pursuant to section 15 of the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 18th May, 1922, and doth hereby declare that such by-laws became operative as from 18th May, 1922 ; and doth hereby make the following additions to such by-laws, and doth declare that such additions shall take effect and come into force on the 21st day of September, 1922 :—
BY-LAWS CONTROLLING THE USE OF THE PUBLIC DEPOT FOR STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS IN THE TOWN OF ROTORUA.
- In these by-laws “tenant” means any person or firm renting one or more compartments. “Officer in Charge” means the Government Tourist Agent, Rotorua.
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By-laws for Electric Energy Supply in Rotorua
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works16 September 1922
Electricity, By-laws, Rotorua, Supply Regulations, Department of Tourist and Health Resorts
- W. Nosworthy, Minister in Charge of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts
- L. C. Mitchell, Private Secretary
- B. M. Wilson, General Manager
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