2824

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70]

Appointing a President of the Assessment Court under the Valuation of Land Act, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, 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 appoint John George Lewis Hewitt to be President of the Assessment Court.

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

Rodney County Council declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Rodney County Council is a body of persons having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Rodney County Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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

(I.A. 2/37/51.)

Extending Close Season for Seals.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section five of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations which shall have force and effect either throughout New Zealand or only in such waters or places as are specified in the regulations, for, among other things, prescribing a close season not exceeding three years, and before the expiration of such term, further extending the same:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 75 of the twenty-second day of the same month, a period of three years from the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, was prescribed as a close season for seals:

And whereas it is desirable to further extend the said period:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

The close season of three years for seals, prescribed by the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council, is hereby further extended for a period of three years from the 27th day of November, 1928.

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

Supplementary Regulations under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, as to the Equipment and Use of Motor-vehicles, as to the Notices, and Signs, and, generally, as to Motor-traffic.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, 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, supplementary to the Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1928.

R E G U L A T I O N S.

REGULATION 1. PRELIMINARY.

(1) THESE regulations may be cited as the Motor-vehicle (Supplementary) Regulations, 1928.

(2) These regulations shall be read together with and form part of the Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1928 (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”).

(3) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 1928.

REGULATION 2. APPROVAL OF FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES.

(1) The Minister may consider the suitability of any appliance, apparatus, or device or any type of appliance, apparatus, or device intended to be used on or in connection with a motor-vehicle in terms of the said regulations, and if such appliance, apparatus, or device, or such type of appliance, apparatus, or device is approved by the Minister for use in terms of the said regulations by notice published in the Gazette, the use of an appliance, apparatus, device, so approved, or of a type so approved shall, while such appliance, apparatus, or device is properly maintained in efficient working order, be deemed to be a compliance pro tanto with the said regulations.

(2) The Minister may approve in the manner aforesaid of any appliance, apparatus, or device, or any type of appliance, apparatus, or device for fitting to and use on a motor-vehicle, additional to the lamps or lights authorized or prescribed by Regulation 3 of the said regulations, and thereupon an appliance, apparatus, or device so approved, or of a type so approved, may be fitted to and used on a motor-vehicle notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (13) of the said Regulation 3.

(3) Any approval given under this regulation may in manner aforesaid be at any time withdrawn by the Minister.

REGULATION 3. LIGHTHOUSE SIGNS.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Regulation 16 of the said regulations, traffic signs (hereinafter referred to as “lighthouse signs”) of the type in which the warning is conveyed partly by a flashing lamp or light, or by a reflector, and partly by appropriate words or approved symbols, or both, may, if they conform to the following description and requirements, be used in addition to the traffic sign of Class A and in substitution for the traffic signs of Classes B and C under the said Regulation 16.

(2) Of the said Regulation 16 only clauses (15), (16), (19), (20), (21), and (22) shall apply to lighthouse signs.

(3) The symbol to be used in a lighthouse sign to denote the proximity of a railway level crossing shall be the letters “R. R.” No other symbol shall be used in a lighthouse sign unless the symbol is already approved by the Minister for use for traffic signs by notice published in the Gazette.

(4) Lighthouse signs shall be substantially in the form of the diagram in the Schedule hereto, and shall be of the measurements indicated and of the colouring described in the said Schedule.

(5) Where a lighthouse sign is proposed to be erected by any person authorized thereto by the controlling authority pursuant to clause (19) of the said Regulation 16, no such authorization shall have any force unless given by an agreement in writing (the terms of which are approved in writing by the Minister) made between the controlling authority and such person.

REGULATION 4. MODIFIED BRAKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SELF-LAYING TRACK VEHICLES.

In terms of clause (3) (e) of Regulation 1 of the said regulations, the type of motor-vehicle of the self-laying track type,