1842
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

payable on moneys deposited with any building society or
any investment society, and it is desirable to amend such
maximum rates in the manner and to the extent hereinafter
set forth :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and
authority conferred on him by the said Act, and acting by
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that in the case
of the renewal on or before the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three, of any deposit (other than a
deposit in the Savings-bank Department of such society)
made before the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-two, with any building or investment society
having its principal place of business in the Provincial
District of Taranaki, the maximum rates of interest payable
under any such renewal shall be one-half per centum per
annum lower than the rate payable on such deposit im-
mediately before the renewal, or the appropriate rate provided
under the said Order in Council of the seventh day of June,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, whichever is the
higher.

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

Amending Regulations relating to Passenger-services under the
Transport Licensing Act, 1931.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day
of August, 1932.

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, 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 by way of amendment to the Transport Licensing
(Passenger-services) Regulations, 1931 (hereinafter referred
to as “the said regulations”), and the Transport Licensing
(Passenger-services) Regulations Amendment No. 1, published
in the Gazette of the seventeenth day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at page 3494, and
the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-two, at page 1146, respectively.

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Transport
   Licensing (Passenger-services) Regulations Amendment
   No. 2.

2. Regulation 7 of the said regulations is hereby amended
   by adding, after clause (1) thereof, the following :

“ The application shall be made at least ten days
before the date on which, if the application be granted, the applicant
proposes to commence the temporary passenger-service to
which the application relates: Provided that this condition
shall not be deemed to prohibit a Licensing Authority, or
the Chairman or Acting Chairman thereof, from dispensing
with the foregoing requirement and dealing with any appli-
cation for a temporary passenger-service license at any time
it or he deems fit.”

3. Regulation 11 of the said regulations is hereby amended—
   (a) By inserting in clause (9) thereof, after the word
   “ duplicate,” the words “ (either personally or by
   registered letter addressed to the Commissioner of
   Transport),” and
   (b) By substituting in clause (9) thereof for the word
   “ fourteen ” the words “ twenty-one,” and
   (c) By adding the following clause :

“ (16) Any subpoena, order, or other document
requiring to be signed by the Appeal Board shall be
valid and effective if signed by the Chairman, or, in
his absence, by any member of the Appeal Board.”

4. Regulation 12 of the said regulations is hereby amended
   as follows :—
   (a) By revoking clauses (1), (2), and (3), and substituting
   therefor the following clauses :—
   “ (1) (i) For each day or part of a day occupied by him in
   travelling from or to his usual place of residence to or from
   the sittings of the Transport Appeal Board or of a District
   Licensing Authority, or occupied by him at the sittings of the
   Board or Authority, as the case may be, there shall be paid—
   “ (a) To every member of the Transport Appeal Board
   other than the Chairman thereof a fee of £2 14s. ;

“ (b) To every member of a District Licensing Authority
other than the Chairman or Acting Chairman thereof
a fee of £1 14s. ;

“ (c) To the Chairman or Acting Chairman of a District
Licensing Authority a fee of £2 11s.

“ (ii) For each hour or part of an hour during which he is
occupied or engaged in the business of a District Licensing
Authority otherwise than as aforesaid there shall, subject to
the approval of the Commissioner of Transport, be paid—
“ (a) To the Chairman or Acting Chairman of a District
Licensing Authority a fee at the rate of 7s. 6d. per
hour ;

“ (b) To any member of a District Licensing Authority
other than the Chairman or Acting Chairman thereof,
a fee at the rate of 5s. per hour ;

“ Provided that none of the fees the payment
whereof is authorized by this paragraph shall be
payable in respect of any time forming part of a day
in respect of which the fees authorized by para-
graph (i) hereof are payable.

“ (2) During their term of office there shall be paid—
“ (a) To the Chairman or Acting Chairman of the Central
Licensing Authority an allowance at the rate of £495
per annum ;

“ (b) To each member of the Central Licensing Authority
other than the Chairman an allowance at the rate of
£315 per annum ;

“ Provided that, if pursuant to the provisions of
section 12 (1) of the said Act a deputy has been
appointed in the place of a member of the Central
Licensing Authority, the said allowances shall be
payable to the deputy while acting as such, and
not to the original member.

“ (3) (i) In addition to the payments authorized by
clauses (1) and (2) of this regulation, there shall be paid to
each member of the Transport Appeal Board, a District
Licensing Authority, and the Central Licensing Authority,
respectively, for each day or part of a day on which he is
occupied or engaged on the business of the Board or Authority
and while so occupied or engaged is absent from his usual
place of residence a further allowance by way of board and
lodging expenses of £1 2s. 6d. per day.

“ (ii) For the purpose of calculating this allowance, the
term ‘ day ’ shall be deemed to comprise twenty-four hours,
and the day shall be deemed to commence at the hour of
departure from the usual place of residence of a member of
the Board or Authority.

“ (iii) Where a member of the Board or Authority leaves
and returns to his usual place of residence the same day,
actual and reasonable expenses only shall be paid.”

(b) By revoking the words “ travelling-expenses ” in
clause (4), and substituting therefor the words “ locomotion
expenses.”

(c) By adding the words “ or hours ” after the word “ days ”
in clause (7).

5. Regulation 15 of the said regulations is hereby revoked.

6. Regulation 21, as amended by the Transport Licensing
   (Passenger-services) Regulations Amendment No. 1, is hereby
   further amended—

(i) By adding to clause (1) thereof the following—

“ (g) For every subpoena issued by the Appeal Board . . . 0 5 0

“ (h) Accompanying every application for an
amendment to a license under section 34
of the said Act . . . 0 10 0

“ Provided that the said amount may at the
discretion of the Commissioner of Transport be
refunded if the application is withdrawn before it
is considered by the licensing authority.”

(ii) By adding thereto the following additional clauses :—

“ (7) Failure to pay the fees or any of the fees prescribed
by paragraph (f) of clause 5 of this regulation shall be deemed
to be a determination of the appeal within the meaning of
subsections (4) and (5) of section 43 of the said Act, as from
the date the fee should have been paid.

“ (8) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore to the con-
trary, the whole or any portion of any fee or fees payable
under this regulation may, on the certificate of the Commis-
sioner of Transport, be refunded on either of the following
grounds, namely :—

“ (a) That the application in respect of which the fee or
fees are payable has been withdrawn, or that other
action in respect of the application has been nullified,
and that in consequence the work and expense of the
Department or Board or Authority has been
reduced to an extent justifying the refund ; or

“ (b) That the passenger-service in respect of which the
fees are payable is used for only the occasional
carriage of passengers, or is used for the carriage
of passengers to such a limited extent that the full
fees payable under this regulation would be dis-
proportionate having regard to the amount of the
passenger business.”