No. 26. 861

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928.

Regulations under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods
Amendment Act, 1920.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day
of March, 1928.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment
Act, 1920, and of all other powers and authorities enabling
him in this behalf, 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 revoke, as on and from the twenty-fourth day of
March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the regu-
lations made under the said Act, on the twenty-seventh day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted
on the twenty-eighth day of April then instant, the regulations
made on the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted on the twenty-seventh
day of October then instant, the regulations made on the
twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one, and gazetted on the twenty-second day of
December then instant, the regulations made on the third day
of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three,
and gazetted on the sixth day of September then instant, the
regulations made on the fourth day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-four, and gazetted on the sixth day
of March then instant, the regulations made on the sixth day
of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and
gazetted on the sixteenth day of April then instant ; and in
lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations for
the purposes of the said Act.

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REGULATIONS.
PART I.—PRELIMINARY.

1. (a) THESE regulations may be cited as “the Dangerous
   Goods Regulations, 1928.”
   (b) These regulations shall come into force on the said
   24th day of March, 1928.
   (c) In these regulations, if not inconsistent to the context,—
   “Approved” means approved by an Inspector :
   “Carriage” includes any carriage, wagon, cart, truck,
   vehicle, or other means of conveying goods or
   passengers by land, in whatever manner it may be
   propelled or transferred from place to place, and
   whether at rest or in motion :
   “Harbour” means a harbour within the meaning of the
   Harbours Act, 1908 :
   “In bulk,” as applied to liquid dangerous goods, means
   such goods stored or kept in receptacles of a capacity
   greater than 90 gallons :
   “To keep,” with respect to dangerous goods on premises,
   means to retain for a period exceeding one hour :
   “Protected work” means (a) any dwellinghouse, place
   of worship, public building, university, college or
   school, hospital or public institution, Court of
   Justice, theatre, or other building in which persons
   are accustomed to assemble ; (b) any factory, work-
   shop, office, store, warehouse, shop, or other building
   where persons are employed for the purpose of any
   trade or business ; (c) any dock, wharf, public rail-
   way (not being a siding), timber-yard, and any part
   of a harbour, port, or river where it is customary for
   ships to berth, moor, or lie :
   “Screen-wall” means a wall of such substance and so
   constructed and placed as to be efficient for the pur-
   pose of preventing the spread of fire from any one
   place to any other place ; and where dangerous
   goods are kept in an underground depot, means the
   surrounding floor, walls, and covering of such under-
   ground depot, if efficient for the purpose aforesaid: