(4.) Any licensing authority may, with the consent of any\nother licensing authority in the same heavy-traffic district\n(as defined in Regulation No. 13 hereof) issue licenses and\ncollect fees and do all matters incidental thereto in accord-\nance with these regulations, in respect of motor-lorries the\ngarage of which is situated in the district of the second\nlicensing authority, and may in respect of all licenses so\nissued make the deductions provided for by clause (2) of\nRegulation No. 13 hereof, but no such arrangement shall\notherwise affect any apportionment of license fees to be made\nunder Regulation No. 13 hereof.\n\n(5.) Applications for a license shall be made in writing by\nthe owner in accordance with Form A in the Schedule hereto.\n\n(6.) Upon receipt of such application and upon payment\nof the license fee the licensing authority shall issue to the\napplicant a heavy-traffic license in accordance with Form B\nin the Schedule hereto : Provided that the licensing authority\nmay, at its discretion, allow credit for a term not exceeding\nnine months for payment of any portion or portions of any\nlicense fee.\n\n(7.) Any heavy-traffic license issued under these regulations\nby any local authority shall operate within and throughout\nNew Zealand with the exception of Government roads in\nrespect of which heavy-traffic by-laws may have been made\nor may hereafter be made under section 139 of the Public\nWorks Act, 1908.\n\n(8.) Every license shall be an annual license and shall\nexpire on the 31st day of March in each year, but in the\ncase of any motor-lorry in respect of which the owner thereof\ndoes not become liable to pay a license fee until a date sub-\nsequent to the 30th day of April in any license year the local\nauthority shall issue a license for the remaining part of the\nlicense year, but in such case the annual license fee shall be\nreduced by one-twelfth part for every complete month by\nwhich that period is less than one year.\n\n(9.) The owner of any motor-lorry or any person shall\nnot use or permit to be used any motor-lorry upon any road\nor street unless and until a heavy-traffic license has been\nobtained in accordance with these regulations.\n\n(10.) On application by or on behalf of any owner and on\nproof to the satisfaction of the licensing authority by state-\nment in writing, statutory declaration, or other evidence,\nthat any license or copy of a license has been lost or mutilated,\nor become illegible, and on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. the\nlicensing authority shall at any time during the currency of\nthe license issue to the owner a copy thereof, certified as being\na true copy.\n\n(11.) Every licensing authority shall keep a true and faith-\nful record of all applications for licenses, of all licenses, copies\nof licenses, and indication-discs issued, of all fees paid, and\nof all particulars supplied under Regulation No. 16, together\nwith such particulars as will enable a copy of any license to\nbe issued if required.\n\n(12.) No heavy-traffic license fee other than that fixed by\nthese regulations shall be made, levied, charged, or collected\nby any local authority having control of roads or streets in\nrespect of any motor-lorry, but in any case in which any such\nlocal authority has already issued a heavy-traffic license in\nrespect of any motor-lorry, or in any case in which the owner\nof a motor-lorry or any other person is, prior to the coming\ninto force of these regulations, liable to obtain a heavy-traffic\nlicense from any such local authority in respect of any motor-\nlorry, a license under these regulations shall not be issued\nuntil the expiration of the license issued by such local autho-\nrity or the expiration of the license which any motor-lorry\nowner was liable to obtain on the date on which these regu-\nlations came into force. Nothing herein shall affect the\nliability of the owner of any motor-lorry to obtain and pay\nfor a heavy-traffic license under these regulations after the\n31st day of December, 1925.\n\n(13.) No change in the ownership of a motor-lorry shall\naffect the continuing validity of any license issued in respect\nthereof.\n\n(14.) Upon any change in the ownership of a motor-lorry\nnotice in writing of the particulars of such change, verified\nby the signatures of every person ceasing to have any interest\nas owner and every person acquiring any interest as owner,\nshall be given to the licensing authority; and until such\nnotice is so given any person so ceasing to have an interest\nshall be deemed to remain an owner of such motor-lorry, and\nshall be liable under the provisions of these regulations\naccordingly.\n\n(15.) No person shall operate a motor-lorry for the carriage\nof goods unless such motor-lorry shall be licensed for the\ncarriage of goods or for the carriage of goods and passengers.\n\n(16.) No person shall operate a motor-lorry for the carriage\nof passengers, unless such motor-lorry shall be licensed for\nthe carriage of passengers or for the carriage of goods and\npassengers.\n\n(17.) No person shall operate a motor-lorry licensed for the\ncarriage of passengers and carrying a greater number of\npassengers than such motor-lorry is licensed to carry.\n\n(18.) In all proceedings against any person for an offence\nunder these regulations the motor-lorry, the subject of the\nproceedings, shall be deemed to be unlicensed or to have an\ninsufficient license, as the case may be, unless at the hearing\nof the case such person produces a license or sufficient license,\nas the case may be.\n\n(19.) In all proceedings under these regulations an appli-\ncation for a license shall be prima facie evidence of the state-\nments, matters, and things therein contained as against the\nowner (including any person notified as having acquired an\ninterest as owner under clause (14) of this regulation).\n\n11. LICENSE FEES.\n\n(1.) The annual license fee payable for motor-lorries engaged\nonly in the carriage of goods shall be as under :—\n\n1. For each motor-lorry of Class A\n... ... 6\n2. For each motor-lorry of Class B\n... ... 9\n3. For each motor-lorry of Class C\n... ... 12\n4. For each motor-lorry of Class D\n... ... 16\n5. For each motor-lorry of Class E\n... ... 20\n6. For each motor-lorry of Class F\n... ... 24\n7. For each motor-lorry of Class G\n... ... 28\n8. For each motor-lorry of Class H\n... ... 32\n9. For each motor-lorry of Class I\n... ... 36\n10. For each motor-lorry of Class J\n... ... 40\n11. For each motor-lorry of Class K\n... ... 45\n12. For each motor-lorry of Class L\n... ... 50\n13. For each motor-lorry of Class M\n... ... 55\n14. For each motor-lorry of Class N\n... ... 60\n15. For each motor-lorry of Class O\n... ... 65\n16. For each motor-lorry of Class P\n... ... 75\n\n(2.) The annual license fee payable for motor-lorries\nengaged only in the carriage of passengers shall be as under :—\n\n1. For each motor-lorry licensed to carry not more than\ntwenty passengers, £1 10s. per passenger.\n2. For each motor-lorry licensed to carry more than\ntwenty but not more than thirty passengers, £2 per\npassenger.\n3. For each motor-lorry licensed to carry more than thirty\npassengers, £2 10s. per passenger, to a maximum of\n£75.\n\nIn counting the number of passengers for the purposes of\nthis clause the driver shall be included as a passenger.\n\n(3.) The annual license fee payable for motor-lorries\nengaged in the carriage of goods and passengers shall be\nthe fee payable under clause (1) or clause (2) hereof according\nto the class of the motor-lorry and the number of passengers\nit is licensed to carry, whichever fee be the greater.\n\n(4.) Any motor-lorry in respect of which a license has been\ngranted for the purpose mentioned in clause (1) or clause (2)\nhereof, and in respect of which a further license is sought in\nconsequence of a change in the purpose of the motor-lorry\nto carriage of passengers, carriage of goods, or carriage of\ngoods and passengers, as the case may be, shall be entitled\nto receive such further license on the making of a fresh\napplication and on payment of the difference between the fee\npayable in respect of the further license and the fee already\npaid, should the latter fee be the lower, and the provisions\nfor the abatement of fees set out in Regulation No. 12 hereof\nshall apply to all sums paid under this clause.\n\n(5.) The license fee for any class of motor-lorry fitted with\npneumatic tires on all wheels shall be 15 per centum less\nthan the fees hereinbefore set out.\n\n(6.) The license fee for any class of motor-lorry fitted with\nmetal tires on all or any of its wheels shall be 25 per centum\nmore than the fees hereinbefore set out, to a maximum of\n£75.\n\n(7.) The license fee for any class of motor-lorry the motive-\npower of which is obtained from electric storage-batteries\nshall be 25 per centum less than the fees hereinbefore set out.\n\n(8.) Where by virtue of any special Act of Parliament now\nor hereafter in force any sum (other than license or regis-\ntration fees) is payable in respect of a motor-lorry, either\nas such or as one of a more extended class of vehicles,\nby way of an annual fee, tax, or assessment, then the\nlicense fee imposed by these regulations in respect of\nsuch motor-lorry shall be reduced by the sum so paid during\nthe then current license year in respect of the said motor-\nlorry : Provided that evidence shall be produced to the\nlicensing authority at the time of payment of the license fee\nof the fact that such sum has been so paid.\n\n(9.) Where by virtue of any agreement for composition\nmade in pursuance of section 150 of the Public Works Act,\n1908, any sum is payable in respect of any particular motor-\nlorry, then the license fee imposed by these regulations in\nrespect of such motor-lorry shall be reduced by the sum so\npaid during the then current license year in respect of the said\nmotor-lorry : Provided that evidence shall be produced to the\nlicensing authority at the time of payment of the license fee\nof the fact that such sum has been so paid.\n