APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 739

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 or
the Central 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 or the Central Licensing
Authority a fee of £2 11s.

(i) For each hour or part of an hour during which he is
occupied or engaged in the business of a District
Licensing Authority or the Central Licensing Authority, otherwise than
as aforesaid, there shall, subject to the approval of the Com-
missioner of Transport, be paid--

(a) To the Chairman or Acting-Chairman of a District
Licensing Authority or the Central Licensing
Authority a fee at the rate of 7s. 6d. per hour.

(b) To any member of a District Licensing Authority or
Central Licensing Authority other than the Chair-
man 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 paragraph (i) hereof are payable.

(2) (i) In addition to the payments authorized by clause (1)
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.

(3) The allowances payable in terms of the foregoing clauses
of this regulation shall be in addition to any locomotion
expenses payable pursuant to section 13 of the said Act.

(4) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any
member of a Metropolitan Authority.

(5) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any
person who is an officer in the service of the Government,
but any such persons shall receive while absent from his
usual place of residence the same travelling expenses and
allowances as are paid in the like circumstances to such
person as an officer of the Public Service or under the terms
of his appointment.

(6) No claim of any person for any payment under this
regulation or under section 13 of the said Act shall be rec-
ognized unless such claim sets out the days or hours claimed
for and is accompanied by the certificate of such person
stating that on the days or hours claimed for he was engaged
about the business of the Board or Authority, as the case may
be, and incurred the expenses set out in the claim.

(7) Such certificate shall be in the following form :--

I [Full name], hereby certify that I was travelling from or
to my usual place of residence to or from sittings of the
[Name of Board or Authority] on the days or hours shown
in this voucher, and that I am entitled to the payments
and incurred the expenses and made the disbursements
indicated in the claim.

REGULATION 13.—ALTERING, DEFACING, OR PARTING WITH A
PASSENGER-SERVICE LICENSE, CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS, OR
PERMIT, AND ISSUE OF DUPLICATES THEREFOR.

(1) For the purpose of this regulation “document” means
any passenger-service license or variation thereof, certificate
of fitness, or permit to use a passenger-service vehicle without
a certificate of fitness, and includes a duplicate of a document.

(2) No person shall—

(a) Save by direction of the Issuing Authority, alter or
deface any document, and any document so altered
or defaced shall be void ; or

(b) Without authority of the Licensing Authority or the
Commissioner, lend or part with any document
issued to him.

(3) Upon the return of any document rendered illegible or
spoilt by weather or other such cause, or upon proof to his
satisfaction that a document has been destroyed, stolen, or
lost, the Commissioner of Transport may, upon application
of the person to whom the document was issued, and upon
payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., issue a duplicate of such document.
Every duplicate so issued shall have the word “Duplicate”
written or printed thereon, and the production of a duplicate
document shall be of the same effect as the production of
the original document.

REGULATION 14.—INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICE.

All unavoidable interruptions of a passenger-service which
are likely to continue for more than twenty-four hours shall
be promptly reported in writing to the Licensing Authority
by which the relative license was granted, and shall be publicly
notified at least once in a newspaper circulating in the district
served. Both notifications shall fully explain the cause of
the interruption and its probable duration.

REGULATION 15.—FARES AND TICKETS.

(1) It shall be a condition of every license (whether inserted
therein or not) that the following provisions shall apply in
respect of any fare paid by a passenger or prospective passenger
who subsequently does not complete the full journey for which
the fare is paid, and applies for a refund of the whole or
portion of the fare :—

(a) Application for the refund shall be made to the licensee
within three months after the date of payment of
the fare ;

(b) Payment of the refund will not be obligatory if the
amount of the refund would be less than 2s. 6d.
when computed as hereinafter prescribed ;

(c) Except when the claim for refund is due to the failure
of the licensee to run a trip at the time prescribed
by the license or to make room available for the
passenger on a vehicle used in the service, the
licensee may deduct from the amount computed as
described in paragraph (d) hereof 10 per cent. of
that amount ;

(d) When application is made to a licensee for a refund of
a fare or portion of a fare paid in respect of a
journey which was not fully completed by the
applicant, the amount to be refunded shall, subject
to the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
hereof, be computed as follows :—

(i) The full amount of the fare shall be refunded
if no part of the respective journey was completed ;
or

(ii) The full amount of the fare shall be refunded
less deduction of the regular authorized single fare
for that portion of the respective journey which was
completed.

(2) It may be made a condition of any passenger-service
license that the licensee shall cause to be issued to every
passenger using his service a ticket bearing particulars of the
place of commencement and of termination of the passenger’s
journey and the fare received from the passenger. If the
license includes such a condition a counterpart of each ticket
issued shall be retained by the licensee for at least six months
from the date of its issue, and shall during the period of its
retention be produced on demand to the respective Licensing
Authority or to any authorized person.

REGULATION 16.—REGISTER OF AUTHORIZED SIGNS FOR
PASSENGER-SERVICE VEHICLES.

(1) The Commissioner may keep a register of distinguishing
words, letters, numbers, colours, marks, or devices (hereinafter
together termed “authorized signs”) to be placed or painted
on or affixed to passenger-service vehicles, and such register
may, in addition, contain such further particulars as the
Commissioner thinks fit to identify any vehicle in respect of
which has been allotted any authorized sign as hereinafter
prescribed.

(2) The applicant for or the holder of a passenger-service
license may apply in writing to the Commissioner for per-
mission to have placed or painted on or affixed to any vehicle
or vehicles used in the service any authorized sign or signs.

(3) The application shall set forth the nature and the full
particulars of the authorized sign or signs which the applicant
desires to have placed or painted on or affixed to the said
vehicle or vehicles, and the part or parts thereof upon which
the same are to be placed or affixed.

(4) The Commissioner may in his discretion grant or refuse
any such application.

(5) No person, unless he has obtained permission from the
Commissioner so to do, shall place or paint on or affix to any
passenger-service vehicle, or shall drive or use or cause to
be driven or used a passenger-service vehicle which has placed
or painted thereon or affixed thereto, any authorized sign or
signs which have been entered in the register as aforesaid.

(6) The Commissioner may at any time, in his discretion,
by notice in writing to the applicant, revoke any permission
granted under this regulation on the ground that the autho-
rized sign or words, letters, numbers, colours, marks, or devices