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(4) On application by or on behalf of any owner and on proof to the satisfaction of the licensing authority, by statement in writing, statutory declaration, or other evidence, that any indication-disc has been lost, mutilated, defaced, or become illegible, and on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., the licensing authority shall at any time during the currency of the license to which the disc refers issue to the owner a fresh indication-disc.

(5) No person shall operate any heavy motor-vehicle not having an indication-disc affixed thereto as herein provided.

(6) No person shall operate any heavy motor-vehicle the indication-disc whereof is obscured, defaced, or not visible for inspection.

(7) No person shall operate any heavy motor-vehicle bearing an indication-disc relating to a license which has expired, or which was issued in respect of some vehicle other than the one to which such disc is affixed.

(8) It shall be an offence against these regulations for any person to obscure or deface, or without lawful authority to alter any indication-disc issued as herein provided.

(9) This regulation shall come into force on the first day of June, 1932.

14. INSPECTORS.

(1) The Minister, or the Minister of Public Works, by writing under his hand, and any controlling authority, other than the Minister of Public Works, by resolution duly passed, may appoint any one or more persons to be Inspectors for the purposes of these regulations, and all such Inspectors shall, when stopping any heavy motor-vehicle in motion, wear some distinctive uniform, badge, or cap.

(2) An Inspector appointed by the Minister, or the Minister of Public Works, or the Main Highways Board shall be entitled to exercise the powers hereby conferred on him upon any road or main highway.

(3) An Inspector appointed by any local authority shall be entitled to exercise the powers hereby conferred on him upon any road within the boundaries of the heavy-traffic district in which such local authority is situated, notwithstanding that such road may be a Government road or a main highway, or within the district of some other local authority.

(4) More than one controlling authority may appoint the same person to be an Inspector.

(5) The production of an instrument of appointment under the hand of either of the said Ministers or under the seal of any controlling authority other than the Ministers, shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.

(6) An Inspector shall be entitled at any time to require the driver of a heavy motor-vehicle to produce the license issued in respect of such heavy motor-vehicle.

(7) The driver of any heavy motor-vehicle shall produce such license whenever called upon as aforesaid.

(8) An Inspector may at any time—
(a) Require the driver of any heavy motor-vehicle to stop :
(b) Inspect the load of such heavy motor-vehicle :
(c) Require the heavy motor-vehicle or its weight to be measured :
(d) Require the removal of any part of any load which is in excess of the prescribed maximum load :
(e) Require the removal of any article carried contrary to the provisions of these regulations, the Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1928, the Motor-omnibus (Constructional) Regulations, 1929, or any regulations passed in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor.

(9) The driver of every heavy motor-vehicle shall comply with the requirements of any Inspector under the last preceding clause hereof.

(10) No person shall obstruct, hinder, or interfere with any Inspector in the exercise of his powers.

(11) All appointments of Inspectors made in terms of Regulation 15 of the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925 or 1927, shall be effective and endure as if the appointments had been made under the powers contained in this regulation.

15. PENALTIES.

Every person who shall do, or cause or procure to be done, anything contrary to or otherwise than provided by these regulations, or any of these regulations or part of a regulation, or who shall omit to do anything therein required to be done by him, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £20 for each such offence.

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16. APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS.

These regulations shall apply generally throughout New Zealand, except the parts thereof not included in any of the heavy-traffic districts defined by Regulation No. 12 hereof.

17. INTERIM SAVING OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.

Regulations 11, 13, and 14 of the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1927 (as amended by the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 1, the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 3, and the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 4), shall continue in force until the 31st day of May, 1932, and shall be deemed to be revoked on and from the 1st day of June, 1932.

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SCHEDULE.

No. . [Form A.

HEAVY MOTOR-VEHICLE REGULATIONS, 1932.

Application for Heavy-traffic License.

I, [Name in Full], of [Address and occupation], being the owner or one of the owners conjointly with [Give names] of a certain heavy motor-vehicle, trailer, tractor and trailer, heavy motor-vehicle and trailer [Strike out words inapplicable] [Here describe vehicle or vehicles, stating number of wheels, width of vehicle, width of tires in inches, whether tires pneumatic or non-pneumatic, rubber or metal, thickness of non-pneumatic tires, laden weight for which license is desired, weight of vehicle unladen, carrying-capacity of vehicle, maker’s name and number, engine-number, nominal horse-power (R.A.C. rating), locality where vehicle is garaged, and such other information as the local authority controlling roads or streets and in whose district the garage is situated may require], do hereby apply to the Council (or Board, as the case may be) of the [Here state whether Borough, County, Town District, or Road District, if Counties Act is suspended or not in force, and name of same] for a heavy-traffic license for the carriage of [Here state purpose for which vehicle is to be used and the load and/or number of passengers seated or standing or both for which the license is required] for a period of [Here state whether license required for one, two, three, or four quarters, or the actual months of the license year for which the license is required].

Dated this day of , 19 .

[Signature] . . . . . . . . . .

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[Form B.

HEAVY MOTOR-VEHICLE REGULATIONS, 1932.

Heavy-traffic License.

Application No. . License No. .

This is to certify that the [Here describe nature of vehicle, maker’s name and number, if any] referred to in the application of [State name of applicant], dated the day of , 19 , and owned by [State owner’s name] is hereby licensed to engage in heavy traffic.

The weight of the vehicle is [State weight in tons and hundred-weights].

The tires of the front wheels of the vehicle are :—
Pneumatic rubber . . }
Approved super-resilient } and are { inches in width.
Non-pneumatic rubber . . }
Metal . . . . }

The tires of the rear wheels of the vehicle are :—
Pneumatic rubber . . }
Approved super-resilient } and are { inches in width.
Non-pneumatic rubber . . }
Metal . . . . }

The vehicle is not (is) driven by electric storage batteries.
The maximum load which this vehicle is licensed to carry is [tons and half-tons].
The vehicle is hereby licensed for the carriage of [Goods, passengers, goods and passengers, school-children and teachers, workmen].
The vehicle is licensed to carry not more than passengers seated, and passengers standing, including the driver.
This license terminates on the day of , 19 .

(NOTE.—All licenses must end on the last day of August, November, February, or May, and must in any case terminate on the 31st of May in any year.)

Dated this day of , 19 .

Clerk of [State name of local authority].