Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 625

Regulations under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, as amended by the Shops and Offices Act, 1927.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 5th day of March, 1928.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), as amended by the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927 (hereinafter called “the Amendment Act, 1927”), 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 following regulations.

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REGULATIONS.

1. THE application for total or partial exemption under section 19 of the Amendment Act, 1927, from closing-hours fixed by or pursuant to section 31, section 32, or section 69 of the said Act, or section 25 of the Amendment Act, 1927, shall be in the form S. 30 in the Schedule hereto, and shall be filed with the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court nearest the shop mentioned in the application.

2. The application for exemption under section 20 of the Amendment Act, 1927, from the prohibition against the sale of any goods imposed by a notice pursuant to section 33 of the said Act shall be in the form S. 31 in the Schedule hereto, and shall be filed with the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court nearest the shop mentioned in the application.

3. The Clerk shall, when the day and place for the hearing of an application under paragraph (1) or (2) hereof have been fixed, thereupon notify the applicant of such particulars.

4. The decision of the Magistrate shall be endorsed on the application, and the Clerk shall notify the applicant and the nearest Inspector of Factories thereof.

5. The registration under section 23 of the Amendment Act, 1927, of a fruiterer’s shop in the name of one proprietor as occupier shall be effected by the Inspector’s filing in his office a notice from the proprietors in the form S. 32 in the Schedule hereto. The Inspector shall forthwith after registration notify the proprietors thereof.

6. The time-table to be kept under section 23 of the Amendment Act, 1927, shall be in the form S. 33 in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

Section 19, Amendment Act, 1927.] [Form S. 30.

UNDER THE SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT, 1921–22, AND ITS AMENDMENTS.

Application for Total (or Partial) Exemption from Closing-hour Provisions.

I, [Name in full], of [Address], being the occupier of a [State trade*] shop situate at [State location of shop] in the separate combined district, the closing-hours of which have been fixed by or pursuant to—

[Specify section 31 or section 32 or the award under section 69 of the principal Act or (in the case of sellers of smoking requisites) section 25, Amendment Act, 1927.]

hereby apply to a Stipendiary Magistrate at for total (or partial) exemption from the requirement to observe such closing-hours.

The grounds of my application are:—

[Set out the grounds upon one or more of which the Magistrate may grant exemption, vide section 19 (4–6).]

Dated at , this day of , 192 .

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Applicant.

(This form must be forwarded in duplicate to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court nearest to the above-mentioned shop.)

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Section 20, Amendment Act, 1927.] [Form S. 31.

UNDER THE SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT, 1921–22, AND ITS AMENDMENTS.

Application for Exemption from Prohibition against Sale of Goods.

I, [Name in full], of [Address], being the occupier of a shop situate at [State location of shop] in which the following goods are sold:—

*Where the applicant sells goods commonly sold by shopkeepers in more than one trade he shall here state the several trades so carried on, for example—Grocery, Ironmongery, Tobacco.

[Here state the goods in respect of which exemption is sought.] hereby make application to a Stipendiary Magistrate at for exemption from the prohibition against the sale of such goods imposed by the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the , pursuant to section 33 of the above Act.

The grounds of my application are:—

[Set out the grounds upon one or more of which the Magistrate may grant exemption, vide section 19 (4–6).]

Dated at this day of , 192 .

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Applicant.

(This form must be forwarded in duplicate to the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court nearest to the above-mentioned shop.)

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Section 23, Amendment Act, 1927.] [Form S. 32.

UNDER THE SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT, 1921–22, AND ITS AMENDMENTS.

Registration of Fruiterer’s Shop in the Name of One Proprietor as Occupier.

To the Inspector of Factories,

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NOTICE is hereby given that [Insert name of one proprietor] shall be the registered occupier of the fruiterer’s shop situate at No. [Location of shop] Street, in .

Dated at , this day of , 192 .

[Signature of each proprietor.]

[NOTE.—No alteration may be made in the name of the registered occupier except with the approval of the Inspector.]

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[Form S. 33.

UNDER THE SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT, 1921–22, AND ITS AMENDMENTS.

Time-table for Fruiterers’ Shops.

Name of registered occupier:

Address of shop: No. Street.

Town:

WORKING-HOURS.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council,