JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1707

Regulations under the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925, and the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authorities conferred upon him by the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928, and of all other authorities in that behalf enabling him, 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 the regulations made under the said Act on the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations.

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

1. DEFINITIONS.

A. IN these regulations the following words and phrases shall have the meanings attached to them respectively :—

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Board :

“Electrical wireman” means an electrical wireman registered under the said Act :

“Gazette” means the New Zealand Gazette :

“Inspector of Electrical Wiring” means an Inspector of Electrical Wiring appointed or employed by an electrical-supply authority :

“Member” means a member of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Board :

“Register” means the Register of Electrical Wiremen or the Register of Inspectors of Electrical Wiring, as the case may be :

“Registered” means registered under the said Act :

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Electrical Wiremen.

B. These regulations may be cited as the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Regulations, 1929.

2. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF INSPECTORS AND WIREMEN.

A. Notification to the Board for purposes of registration of the appointment of any person by an electrical-supply authority as an Inspector of Electrical Wiring shall be in accordance with Form A in the First Schedule hereto.

B. Application for registration as an electrical wireman, for limited registration as an electrical wireman, or for a provisional license shall be in accordance with Form B in the First Schedule hereto.

C. Every applicant for registration and every registered electrical wireman shall notify the Board from time to time of any change of the address at which notices may be served on him in accordance with section 13, subsection (2), of the said Act.

D. Any notification required by the said Act or these regulations to be given to any applicant for registration (whether before or after registration) shall be sufficient if signed by the Registrar and posted addressed to the applicant at the address stated by him in his application or any fresh address notified by him as hereinbefore provided and sent by registered post.

E. The Board may require evidence to be furnished to it by written statement, declaration of identity, statutory declaration, or otherwise, of the age, the good character and reputation, the competency, the employment or training as an electrical wireman, or the being engaged in the work of an electrical wireman, as the case may require, of any applicant for registration, or of any other matters as to which the Board is required to be satisfied under the said Act as regards any applicant for registration.

3. REGISTRATION OF INSPECTORS AND WIREMEN.

A. The Register of Inspectors of Electrical Wiring referred to in section 21 of the said Act shall be kept in accordance with Form C in the First Schedule hereto.

B. The Register of Electrical Wiremen referred to in section 7 of the said Act shall be kept in accordance with Form E in the First Schedule hereto.

C. The Register of Electrical Wiremen’s Limited Registration referred to in section 2 of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928, shall be kept in accordance with Form D in the First Schedule hereto.

D. The entries in the respective registers shall be made in the order in which the directions to make the entries given under section 9, subsection (2), of the said Act are received by the Registrar.

E. The Registrar shall also keep an alphabetical index of the names of the persons entered in each respective register, and such index shall be deemed to be a part of such register.

F. The direction in writing of the Board referred to in section 9, subsection (2), of the said Act shall be sufficient if signed by the Chairman and given pursuant to a resolution of the Board.

G. Any person may inspect the registers on payment of the fee hereinafter prescribed.

H. Any person may, on payment of the fee hereinafter prescribed, obtain a copy, certified under the hand of the Registrar, of the particulars entered in the register in respect of any person.

J. The certificate of registration for an Inspector of Electrical Wiring issued under section 3 of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1926, shall be in accordance with Form F in the First Schedule hereto.

K. The certificate of registration for electrical wiremen issued under section 12 of the said Act shall be in accordance with Form G in the First Schedule hereto.

L. The certificate of limited registration as an electrical wireman issued under section 2 of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928, shall be in accordance with Form H in the First Schedule hereto.

M. The provisional license to carry out electrical wiremen’s work issued under section 16, subsection (1), of the said Act shall be issued under the hand of the Registrar, and shall be in accordance with Form J in the First Schedule hereto.

N. For the purpose of purging the register in accordance with section 13, subsection (2), of the said Act, a notice shall be forwarded to all electrical-supply authorities requesting them to state the names of all Inspectors of Electrical Wiring employed as such by them, and a notice shall be forwarded to every registered wireman requesting him to state, within three months after the date of the notice, that he desires his name to be retained on the Register.

Such notices shall be forwarded during the month of October, 1935, and during the month of October in each fifth year thereafter.

In the event of no reply being received within three months after date of notice, served on any person registered as an electrical wireman, the name of such person shall be removed from the register forthwith.

O. Any electrical-supply authority shall, on being so required by the Board, cause the Board to be notified by its engineer or other responsible official immediately before, or on, the expiration of a provisional license issued under section 16, subsection (1), of the said Act, as to whether the person named in the said license has satisfactorily carried out any work of an electrical wireman during the currency of the said license, of which such electrical-supply authority or its engineer or other responsible official has knowledge.

The notification shall be in accordance with Form K in the First Schedule hereto.

P. When any certificate or license has become damaged, lost, or destroyed, a new certificate or license, as the case may be, shall be issued on payment of the prescribed fee, provided that the previous certificate or license has been returned to the Board, or that it is proved to the satisfaction of the Board that such previous certificate or license has been lost or destroyed.

Q. Every registered wireman or holder of a provisional license shall carry his certificate or license with him whilst engaged in any electrical-wiring work, and shall produce the same whenever required to do so by the person for whom the work is being performed, or by the occupier of the premises on which the work is being performed, or by the Electrical Engineer or Inspector of Electrical Wiring of the electrical-supply authority concerned, or by any Inspecting Engineer appointed by the Minister of Public Works.

R. Every Inspector of Electrical Wiring shall carry his certificate with him when engaged in inspecting work, and shall produce same when required to do so by the person for whom the work is being performed, or by the occupier of the premises on which the work is being performed, or by any Inspecting Engineer appointed by the Minister of Public Works.

S. For the purposes of clauses Q and R of this regulation, the Board may from time to time issue pocket certificates in accordance with Forms L, M, and N in the First Schedule hereto respectively, and certificates so issued shall be subject to the provisions of clause P of this regulation and clauses E and F of Regulation 5 and clause F of Regulation 7 hereof, and it shall be a sufficient compliance with the provisions of clauses Q and R of this regulation as regards registered wiremen and Inspectors of electrical wiring if, in lieu of the respective certificates therein referred to, a certificate issued under this clause be carried and produced as therein required,