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(b) Which has been issued by the Government of the country of which the person to whom it relates is a subject or citizen, and which is still in force, and to which there is attached a photograph of the person to whom it relates ; and

(c) Which relates to the person in whose possession it is ; and

(d) Which, in the case of a person landing in New Zealand from any place beyond the seas which is a foreign country (except as provided by paragraph (e) of this definition), has been issued by a British Diplomatic or Consular Officer or some British public official duly authorized in that behalf, or vised by some such officer or official with a visa which is still in force ;

(e) Provided that the requirements of the last preceding paragraph of this definition regarding British visas shall not apply in respect of the subjects of any country between which and His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand there is for the time being in force an agreement to dispense with the requirement of passport visas, the existence of which agreement is notified by the Minister from time to time in the Gazette.

REGULATION 2.—REQUIREMENT OF PASSPORT.

Except as provided by Regulation 3 hereof, no person shall land at any place in New Zealand from any place beyond the seas unless he has in his possession a passport which complies with the requirements of these regulations.

REGULATION 3.—EXEMPTIONS.

(1) No passport will be required in the case of—

(a) Any person under the age of sixteen years accompanied by a parent—

(i) If the name of such person is included in a family passport ; or

(ii) If such parent is exempted from the requirement of a passport under any of the following paragraphs of this clause.

(b) Any person visiting New Zealand from the Commonwealth of Australia if such person is—

(i) A natural born British subject ; or

(ii) A British subject naturalized in New Zealand if in possession of naturalization papers ; sufficient in the opinion of the Collector of Customs to establish the fact of his naturalization ; or

(iii) A British subject naturalized elsewhere than in New Zealand who, according to the laws for the time being in force in the Commonwealth of Australia, is entitled to land in Australia from New Zealand without being in possession of a passport, if such person is in possession of naturalization papers, sufficient in the opinion of the Collector of Customs to establish the fact of his naturalization ; or

(iv) The wife of any such person as is referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of this subclause :

(c) Any person visiting New Zealand from the Cook Islands or Western Samoa if in possession of a permit issued by a Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands or by the Administrator of Samoa as the case may be :

(d) Any person resident in New Zealand returning to New Zealand on a return ticket issued to him in New Zealand :

(e) Any member of the naval or military forces of any part of the British dominions entering New Zealand on duty :

(f) Any person whose home is in New Zealand being the master or a member of the crew of any vessel arriving in New Zealand.

(2) The Minister of Internal Affairs, or any person authorized by him in that behalf, may by writing under his hand grant to any person or class of persons permission to land in New Zealand without being in possession of a passport, or without being in possession of a passport which complies with all the requirements of these regulations, either at any place or at some defined place, and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose.

(3) Where any person being the master or a member of the crew of a vessel arriving in New Zealand is under the provisions of these regulations prohibited from landing in New Zealand the Collector of Customs may nevertheless, by writing under his hand, grant him temporary permission to land at any port for such purposes and subject to such conditions as the Collector thinks fit to impose.

REGULATION 4.—SEAMEN WITHOUT PASSPORTS.

Where any person, being the master or a member of the crew of a vessel arriving in New Zealand, is under the provisions of these regulations prohibited from landing in New Zealand, the master of such vessel shall, as soon as may be after the arrival of the vessel at any port, give written notice of the presence of that person on board the vessel to the Collector of Customs, and that person shall leave New Zealand with that vessel.

REGULATION 5.—POWER TO SEIZE PASSPORTS.

Any Officer of Customs, Police Officer, or other person authorized by the Minister of Internal Affairs in that behalf, may take possession of any passport in the possession of any person entering New Zealand, and may, if considered necessary, retain the same until the said Minister authorizes its return.

REGULATION 6.—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

If any person, having landed in New Zealand pursuant to any permission granted under these regulations, fails to comply with any condition imposed in the granting of such permission, such person shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and liable accordingly to the penalties imposed by the War Regulations Act, 1914.

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

(I.A. 31/10.)

Declaring River Avon, Christchurch, North Canterbury Acclimatization District, to be a Sanctuary under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke that part of the Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, declaring certain areas to be sanctuaries for native and imported game in so far as it relates to the area described in the Schedule to the said Warrant under the subheading North Canterbury Acclimatization District, being part of the River Avon, Christchurch, and do hereby declare that the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Act, and that no imported game or native game shall be taken or killed within the said area except pursuant to an authority granted under section thirty-one of section thirty-two of the said Act ; nor shall any person except under such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed by the Minister, take any dog or firearm into such area, or discharge any firearm or explosive in such area, or do anything likely to cause any imported game and native game to leave such area.

SCHEDULE.

THE River Avon from its source to the outlet.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of April, 1929.

JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/5/116.)

Declaring Land in the Auckland Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and five of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and shall hereafter form part of the Hikuai Settlement.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District containing by admeasurement 13 acres 2 roods 3 perches, more or less, being Section 11, Block XIII, Whitianga Survey District, bounded towards the west and the north-east by Provisional State Forest No. 70, 1858·7, 889·8, and 1157·7 links ; and towards the south by Section 16s, Hikuai Settlement, 1258·8 links ; be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less,