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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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4. No license to store dangerous goods of Class I shall be issued in respect of any premises within the “brick area” of the district (as defined in any by-laws for the time being in force relating to the erection of buildings in the district) unless such dangerous goods are stored either in an underground tank or in an approved fire-resisting depot.

5. Any person desirous of keeping “dangerous goods” in or upon any premises in the district shall deliver to the Town Clerk a written application for a license in such form as may be approved by the Board.

6. Upon receipt of such application the Town Clerk shall cause an inspection of the premises therein named to be made by an Inspector, and it shall be the duty of such Inspector to examine such premises and report in writing to the Town Clerk as to the fitness or otherwise for the storage of any such dangerous goods as aforesaid, having regard to the character of the business carried on therein, the situation and construction of the proposed storage-place, the nature of adjoining premises, and the precautions (if any) which the applicant has taken to guard against the risk of fire or explosion, and to the regulations for the time being in force under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920.

7. If the officer making such inspection reports that the premises are satisfactory, the Town Clerk shall, on payment of the license fee forthwith issue a license under his hand authorizing the applicant to keep such quantity of all or any such dangerous goods as aforesaid as may be approved by the Inspector:

Provided that no license shall be issued for the storage of any quantity of liquid dangerous goods exceeding 1,000 gallons unless the Board has first approved of the issue of such license.

8. Every such license shall be in such form as may be approved by the Board and shall terminate on the 31st day of March in each year.

9. The following fees shall be payable by the applicant for a license upon the issue thereof to him:—

FOR THE STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS OF CLASS I OR OF CLASS II OR OF CLASS IV.

and, in addition, such quantities of dangerous goods of Class III as may be approved by the Inspecting Officer:

For the storage of any quantity of dangerous goods of s. d. Class I, not exceeding 50 gallons, kept for private use only and not for trade purposes or purpose of sale .. .. .. .. .. 5 0

Provided that in the case of any storage of dangerous goods of Classes I, II, and IV in bulk the license shall be issued for the maximum capacity of the tank or tanks, less an allowance for expansion of 5 per cent.

10. Every license issued hereunder shall be issued subject to the conditions, requirements, and restrictions contained in the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, and any regulations issued thereunder, and all such conditions, requirements, and restrictions shall be implied in every such license and be binding on the licensee.

11. If upon inspection of any licensed premises it appears that the licensee is keeping on his premises a greater quantity of any “dangerous goods” than is specified in his license, or has committed a breach of any of the conditions of his license or of the regulations for the time being in force under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, he shall be guilty of an offence against these by-laws, and in such case, or in case the Board shall in its absolute discretion consider it expedient so to do, it shall be lawful for the Board to revoke forthwith such license, and to cause a note of such revocation, under the hand of the Town Clerk, to be left at the premises of the licensee, and thereupon such license shall be absolutely void and of no effect.

12. These by-laws shall come into force on the 1st day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and all by-laws howsoever made heretofore in force within the district and enuring under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, are hereby revoked.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 19/323/34.)

Regulations under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, to take effect as By-laws within certain specified Town Districts.

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.

WHEREAS the Minister of Internal Affairs, in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by section fifteen of the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, did by several requisitions, each dated the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, require the several Town Boards mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, being licensing authorities under the said Act, to alter their respective by-laws made pursuant to the said Act:

And whereas the said Town Boards did not within three months from the respective receipt of the said requisitions alter their said respective by-laws in the manner required by the said requisitions:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section fifteen aforesaid, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, to give effect to the said respective requisitions.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

TOWN BOARDS.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS TO TAKE EFFECT AS BY-LAWS.

1. In the following by-laws, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“Approved” means approved by an Inspector:

“In bulk” as applied to liquid dangerous goods, means such goods kept or stored in receptacles of a capacity greater than 90 gallons;

“Inspector” means an officer appointed by the Board for the purposes of the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920:

“Dangerous goods,” “petroleum,” “petroleum oil,” “petroleum spirit,” and “fuel oil” have the meanings assigned thereto respectively by the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920:

“Dangerous goods of Class I,” “dangerous goods of Class II,” “dangerous goods of Class III,” and “dangerous goods of Class IV” have the meanings assigned thereto respectively by the regulations for the time being in force under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920.

NOTE.—Under the Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1928—

“Dangerous goods of Class I” includes aviation motor spirit, benzine, benzene, benzole, benzoline, distillate gasoline, motor spirit, naphtha, and petroleum ether; also liquids or materials consisting wholly or in part of petroleum spirit, acetone, carbon bisulphide, amyl acetate, or ether, and having a true flashing-point less than 73° Fahr.

“Dangerous goods of Class II” includes petroleum oil, kerosene, and power kerosene, methyl alcohol, turpentine, turpentine substitutes, absolute alcohol, methylated spirits, and spirits of wine.

“Dangerous goods of Class III” includes phosphorus (yellow) and calcium carbide.