Mar. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 747

(13) No change in the ownership of a motor-lorry shall affect the continuing validity of any license issued in respect thereof, save that thereupon the licensing authority may demand that any amounts outstanding for payment of any portion or portions of the license fee shall be immediately payable, failing which the license may be cancelled in terms of subclause (6) of this regulation.

(14) Before any change in the ownership of a motor-lorry takes place notice in writing of the particulars of such change, verified by the signatures of every person ceasing to have any interest as owner, and every person acquiring any interest as owner, shall be given to the licensing authority: and until such notice is so given any person so ceasing to have an interest shall be deemed to remain an owner of such motor-lorry, and shall be liable under the provisions of these regulations accordingly.

(15) No person shall operate a motor-lorry for the carriage of goods unless such motor-lorry shall be licensed for the carriage of goods or for the carriage of goods and passengers.

(16) No person shall operate a motor-lorry for the carriage of passengers, unless such motor-lorry shall be licensed for the carriage of passengers or for the carriage of goods and passengers.

(17) No person shall operate a motor-lorry licensed for the carriage of passengers and carrying a greater number of passengers than such motor-lorry is licensed to carry.

(18) In all proceedings against any person for an offence under these regulations the motor-lorry, the subject of the proceedings, shall be deemed to be unlicensed or to have an insufficient license, as the case may be, unless at the hearing of the case such person produces a license or sufficient license as the case may be.

(19) In all proceedings under these regulations an application for a license shall be prima facie evidence of the statements, matters, and things therein contained as against the owner (including any person notified as having acquired an interest as owner under clause (14) of this regulation).

11. LICENSE FEES.

(1) The annual license fee payable for motor-lorries engaged only in the carriage of goods shall be as under:—

(a) For each motor-lorry of Class A .. .. 6
(b) For each motor-lorry of Class B .. .. 9
(c) For each motor-lorry of Class C .. .. 12
(d) For each motor-lorry of Class D .. .. 16
(e) For each motor-lorry of Class E .. .. 20
(f) For each motor-lorry of Class F .. .. 24
(g) For each motor-lorry of Class G .. .. 28
(h) For each motor-lorry of Class H .. .. 32
(i) For each motor-lorry of Class I .. .. 36
(j) For each motor-lorry of Class J .. .. 40
(k) For each motor-lorry of Class K .. .. 45
(l) For each motor-lorry of Class L .. .. 50
(m) For each motor-lorry of Class M .. .. 55
(n) For each motor-lorry of Class N .. .. 60
(o) For each motor-lorry of Class O .. .. 65
(p) For each motor-lorry of Class P or Q .. .. 75

(2) The annual license fee payable for motor-lorries engaged only in the carriage of passengers shall be as under:—

(a) For each motor-lorry licensed to carry not more than twenty passengers, £1 10s. per passenger.
(b) For each motor-lorry licensed to carry more than twenty but not more than thirty passengers, £2 per passenger.
(c) For each motor-lorry licensed to carry more than thirty passengers, £75.

In counting the number of passengers for the purposes of this clause the driver shall be included as a passenger.

(3) The annual license fee payable for motor-lorries engaged in the carriage of goods and passengers shall be the fee payable under clause 1 or clause 2 hereof according to the class of the motor-lorry and the number of passengers it is licensed to carry, whichever fee be the greater.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation the conveyance of school children shall not be deemed to be the carriage of passengers, but a motor-lorry engaged only in the carriage of school-children shall be deemed to be a motor-lorry engaged in the carriage of goods.

(5) Any motor-lorry in respect of which a license has been granted for the purpose mentioned in clause 1 or clause 2 hereof, and in respect of which a further license is sought in consequence of a change in the purpose of the motor-lorry to carriage of passengers, carriage of goods, or carriage of goods and passengers, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive such further license on the making of a fresh application and on payment of the difference between the fee payable in respect of the further license and the fee already paid, should the latter fee be the lower, and the provisions for the abatement of fees set out in Regulation No. 12 hereof shall apply to all sums paid under this clause.

(6) The license fee for any motor-lorry fitted with pneumatic tires on all wheels shall be 15 per centum less than the fees hereinbefore set out.

(7) The license fee for any motor-lorry shall be 7½ per centum less than the fees hereinbefore set out if the motor-lorry is fitted with super-resilient tires on all wheels, or if the motor-lorry is a four-wheeled motor-lorry and is fitted with pneumatic tires on the rear wheels and tires not being metal on the front wheels, or if the motor-lorry is a six-wheeled motor-lorry and is fitted with pneumatic tires on the two rear pairs of wheels and tires not being metal on the front pair of wheels.

(8) The license fee for any motor-lorry fitted with metal tires on all or any of its wheels shall be 25 per centum more than the fees hereinbefore set out, to a maximum of £75.

(9) The license fee for any motor-lorry the motive-power of which is obtained from electric storage-batteries shall be 25 per centum less than the fees hereinbefore set out.

(10) Where by virtue of any agreement for composition made in pursuance of section 150 of the Public Works Act, 1908, any sum is payable in respect of any particular motor-lorry, then the license fee imposed by these regulations in respect of such motor-lorry shall be reduced by the sum so paid during the then current license year in respect of the said motor-lorry: Provided that evidence shall be produced to the licensing authority at the time of payment of the license fee of the fact that such sum has been so paid.

(11) Where, in respect of the use of any particular motor-lorry, extraordinary expenses that have been incurred by a local authority have been recovered in a summary manner in pursuance of section 150 of the Public Works Act, 1908, and have been actually received by the local authority, a refund shall be paid to the owner of that motor-lorry from the license fee paid by him for such motor-lorry equal to the amount of such expenses incurred in respect of the period for which such license fee was paid.

(12) Where, in respect of the use of a particular motor-lorry, extraordinary expenses that will have to be incurred by a local authority have been recovered in a summary manner in pursuance of section 150 of the Public Works Act, 1908, and have been actually received by the local authority, a reduction shall be allowed to the owner of that motor-lorry from the license fee payable by him for such motor-lorry equal to the amount of such expenses to be incurred in respect of the period for which such license fee is payable.

(13) In arriving at the amount of any expenses under the two last preceding clauses hereof there shall be excluded any sum recovered by the local authority by way of costs upon any summary proceedings under section 150 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

(14) In any case in which a tractor with one trailer attached thereto has been licensed as one motor-lorry pursuant to clause 2 of Regulation No. 1 hereof, such tractor may be used with any other trailer subject to the following conditions:—

(a) If such other trailer is fitted with tires of a kind in respect of which no greater license fee would have been payable, and if in respect of the gross weight of tractor, trailer, and load no greater license fee would have been payable had the original license been granted in respect of such tractor and the other trailer, then no other license fee shall be payable and no further license shall be required.

(b) If such other trailer is fitted with tires of a kind in respect of which a greater license fee would have been payable, or if in respect of the gross weight of such tractor, trailer, and load a greater license fee would have been payable had the original license been granted in respect of such tractor and the other trailer, then a further license shall be obtained in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, and the fee payable for such further license shall be the amount by which the license fee payable under an original license granted in respect of such tractor and the other trailer exceeds the license fee actually paid.

(15) If during the continuance of a license any motor-lorry is so fitted with tires that a greater license fee than the fee actually paid would have been payable had the motor-lorry been so fitted at the time of the issue of the license, then such license shall be void and of no effect until payment to a licensing authority of the difference between the fee already paid and the fee that would in such event have been payable, and until endorsement on the license under the hand of the Clerk of the licensing authority of a statement of the amount so paid and of the alteration in tires by reason of which the same has become payable.

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