Electric Lines License




FEB. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 349

  1. CROWN NOT LIABLE TO PAY COMPENSATION.

Nothing in this license shall be held to impose any liability upon His Majesty the King or upon the Government of New Zealand to pay compensation to any person, corporate body, or local authority by reason of the exercise by the licensee of the authority hereby granted; but the licensee shall be liable for any loss or damage which any person, corporate body, or local authority may sustain as the result of the exercise by the licensee of any of the powers granted by this license.

  1. DEFAULT.

If the licensee fails or neglects to observe any of the conditions or obligations imposed by this license, then and in any such case the provisions of clauses 229 and 230 of the regulations shall apply to the breach of any such condition or obligation.

  1. ALTERATIONS TO WORKS.

In the event of the licensee at any time desiring to make alterations to the works involving a departure from the location or type of construction shown on the approved plans, it shall first submit for the Minister's approval plans showing such new location and [or] type of construction as it is proposed to adopt, and with such approval the alterations may be carried out.

  1. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

The Inspecting Engineer of the Public Works Department or any other person empowered in that behalf by the Minister shall at all times, have free access to and liberty to inspect the works so as to ensure that the provisions of this license are given due effect to.

  1. CONTRACT BETWEEN LICENSEE AND CROWN.

This license shall be deemed to constitute a contract as between the licensee and His Majesty the King, and may be enforced by and against either party accordingly.

  1. REQUIREMENTS OF OTAGO ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not by virtue of these presents be entitled to lay, construct, put up, place, or use the electric lines hereby authorized, except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license or of the regulations, as may from time to time be imposed by the Otago Electric-power Board.

  1. RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENTS' LINES.

The licensee shall rectify to the satisfaction of the Minister of Railways or the Minister of Telegraphs, as the case may be, any interference or disturbance caused by the erection or operation of the licensee's system that affects the satisfactory working of telegraph lines which are the property of the Railway Department or the Telegraph Department, and which were erected prior to the licensee's lines.

  1. TIME FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF WORKS.

The licensee shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of one year from the date of this license, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lock-outs, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to any neglect by the licensee.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 24/1871/1.)

as “the licensee”) to lay, construct, put up, place, and use electric lines along the route hereinafter defined; the said route being indicated by red lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 76869, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

CONDITIONS.

  1. ROUTE OF LINES.

COMMENCING at Mr. D. Penney's generator-house at the rear of Section 62, Kawakawa Township, and proceeding thence generally in a westerly direction to the licensee's store.

  1. PURPOSES OF LINES.

The said lines may be used for lighting, power, and heating purposes.

  1. LICENSE TO BE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS.

The license hereby conferred is subject to compliance by the licensee with the regulations made under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, on the 11th day of July, 1927, and published in the Gazette on the 12th day of the same month (hereinafter called “the said regulations”), and with all regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor.

  1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be the system described in paragraph (c) of clause 5 of the said regulations.

  1. GENERATING VOLTAGE.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 120 volts between the terminals.

  1. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined, whether by surrender by the licensee or by revocation under the provisions contained in the said regulations or in any amending or substituted regulations, continue in force for a period of twenty-one years from the date hereof.

  1. EFFECT OF DETERMINATION OF LICENSE.

The determination of this license, whether by expiration of time, by surrender, or by revocation as aforesaid shall not relieve the licensee from any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

  1. RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH LINES.

The licensee shall, from time to time, rectify to the satisfaction of the Minister of Railways and Minister of Telegraphs, respectively, any interference or disturbance caused by the erection or operation of the licensee's system that effects the satisfactory working of any telegraph-line which is under the control of or in use by the Railway Department and the Post and Telegraph Department, respectively, and which was erected before the erection of the lines hereby licensed.

  1. POWER TO PURCHASE LICENSEE'S INSTALLATION.

An Electric-power Board duly constituted in terms of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, or any Act passed in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, shall, if its district includes the area within which are erected the lines authorized by this license, have the right at any time during the currency of this license to purchase and take over the licensee's installation at a valuation to be agreed on between the Board and the licensee, and failing such agreement, at a valuation to be fixed by a single arbitrator to be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1908, and thereupon the Governor-General may by Order in Council revoke this license.

  1. REQUIREMENTS OF BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL AND KAWAKAWA TOWN BOARD.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not, by virtue of these presents, be entitled to lay, construct, put up, place, or use the electric lines hereby authorized except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license or of the said regulations or any regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, as may from time to time lawfully be imposed by the Bay of Islands County Council or the Kawakawa Town Board.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 26/1492)

License authorizing Enoch Doel, of Kawakawa, General Store keeper, to erect Electric Lines in Kawakawa Town District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of February, 1930.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in that 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 authorize Enoch Doel, of Kawakawa, General Storekeeper (hereinafter referred to



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