Humb. 14.

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925.

Regulations as to Motor-drivers' Licenses under the Motor-
vehicles Act, 1924.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of February, 1925.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to the licensing of drivers of motor-vehicles.
REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations—
   "Local authority" means a Borough Council, a County Council, the Town Board of a town district not forming part of a county, or the Road Board of a road district in a county wherein the Counties Act, 1920, is suspended or is not in force;
   "Owner" includes a bailee.
2. Every license issued under these regulations prior to the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, shall continue in force until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
3. A motor-driver's license issued under these regulations shall not be deemed to authorize the holder thereof, if under the age of eighteen years, to drive a public motor-car or a motor-omnibus, as defined by the said Act.
4. (1.) Every application for a motor-driver's license made by the owner of a motor-vehicle in respect of that vehicle or of vehicles of that class shall be made to the local authority in whose district the garage of the motor-vehicle is situated.
   (2.) Where application for a motor-driver's license is made by a person not being the owner of a motor-vehicle, such application shall be made to the local authority in whose district the applicant is resident when the application is made (whether or not the applicant is permanently resident in that district).
   (3.) The validity of a motor-driver's license purporting to be issued under these regulations shall not be affected by reason merely of the fact that it is not issued by the appropriate local authority in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause, if it is issued by a local authority competent to issue motor-drivers' licenses.
5. (1.) Any local authority competent to issue motor-drivers' licenses under the said Act and these regulations may, on such terms as may be mutually agreed on, enter into an arrangement with any other competent local authority or the issue of motor-drivers' licenses by such last-mentioned local authority in lieu of by the first-mentioned local authority.
   (2.) Any arrangement entered into pursuant to this clause may make provision for the apportionment of license fees.
6. (1.) Where application for a motor-driver's license is made by a person being the holder of a license to drive a motor-vehicle issued by any local authority pursuant to any by-laws in that behalf in force at the date of these regulations, a license under these regulations may be issued to the applicant without further examination if the local authority to which the application is made is satisfied as to the applicant's ability to drive a motor-vehicle.
   (2.) On the expiry of a motor-driver's license issued under these regulations a new license may, if the local authority thinks fit, be issued to the holder thereof without further examination or other evidence as to his ability to drive a motor-vehicle.
7. Where application for a motor-driver's license under these regulations is made by a person other than a licensed driver the local authority shall cause the applicant to undergo such test as it thinks sufficient of his ability to drive a motor-vehicle, and to conform to the requirements of any regulations or by-laws affecting motor traffic, and may, if in the interests of public safety it thinks it necessary so to do, require any applicant, being a licensed driver, to undergo such a test as aforesaid:
   Provided that where application for a license under these regulations is made at any time before the first day of April,