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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Land taken for the Purposes of a Road in Block IV, Clifford Bay Survey District.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a road.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken: 2 acres 2 roods 18 perches.
Being portion of Section 13 of Block II, Omaka District.
Situated in Block IV, Clifford Bay Survey District.
In the Marlborough Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 86881, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 23rd day of February, 1934.

JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(P.W. 62/11/101/8.)

Amending the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Regulations.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1934.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon him by the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925, and the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928, and of all other powers 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 make the following regulations by way of amendment to the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Regulations, 1929 (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”).

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Regulations, 1929, Amendment No. 1.

2. Regulation 1 of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding the following thereto:—

“Accessory” means a device such as an adaptor, cut-out, plug, or socket, which is associated with wiring, fittings, appliances, or switchboards; but does not include a switchboard or a fitting or appliance as herein defined.

“Appliance” means a device in which electrical energy is converted into light, heat, motion, or any other form of energy, or is substantially changed in its electrical character.

“Fitting” means any device for supporting or containing a lamp, such as a bracket, pendant and ceiling-rose, electrolrier, or portable standard.

3. Paragraph B of Regulation 4 of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting the words “advertisement in such newspapers published in New Zealand,” and substituting the words “such means.”

4. Paragraph B of Regulation 6 of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting the words “twenty-one days,” and substituting the words “thirty-one days.”

5. (1) Paragraph A (b) of Regulation 7 of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting “15s. 0d.,” and substituting “£1 1s. 0d.”

(2) Paragraph C of Regulation 7 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—
“C. The fee for a provisional wiring license shall be—

“(a) On application .. .. .. 5 0
“(b) On issue .. .. .. 5 0”

(3) Paragraph F of Regulation 7 of the said regulations is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor:—
“F. The fee for a new certificate shall be—

“(a) When an endorsement is removed .. 10 0
“(b) In all other cases .. .. .. 2 6”

(4) Regulation 7 of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs thereto:—

L. Any fee paid in respect of a notification or application under paragraph A, B, or C of this regulation may, by resolution of the Board, be refunded if such notification or application is withdrawn before being considered by the Board.

M. Any fee paid in respect of an application under paragraph D of this regulation may, by resolution of the Board, be refunded if—

(a) The application is withdrawn on or before the last day fixed for receipt of applications; or

(b) The application is received after the last day fixed for receipt of applications; or

(c) The application is withdrawn by reason of the fact that no examination is held at the prescribed fees in the centre named in the application.

6. (1) The preamble to Regulation 8 of the said regulations is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor:—

“Where electrical energy of a voltage (measured at the point at which it is made use of or delivered) exceeding 20 volts but not exceeding 650 volts is used or intended to be used for lighting, heating, or power, or where any apparatus is connected to or intended to be connected to any conductors of such voltage used for the aforementioned purposes, the following matters shall be deemed to be electrical-wiring work for the purposes of the said Act; provided that all wiring for luminous-discharge-tube electric lighting, whether or not the voltage is in excess of 650 volts, shall for the purposes of the said Act be deemed to be electrical-wiring work.”

(2) Paragraph A of Regulation 8 of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding the following thereto:—

“This paragraph does not apply to the operation of switching-on or of plugging-in any electrical apparatus which is already wired.”

(3) Paragraph B of Regulation 8 of the said regulations is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor:—

“B. The installation of any metal conduit for the purpose of encasing any electrical conductor.”

(4) Paragraph E of Regulation 8 of the said regulations is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor:—

“E. The installation of any fixed appliances, fittings, or accessories, or the wiring-up of any portable appliances, fittings, or accessories used in connection with the utilization of electrical energy.”

(5) Paragraph H of Regulation 8 of the said regulations is hereby revoked.

(6) Paragraph J of Regulation 8 of the said regulations is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor:—

“J. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the following matters, when carried out by a workman employed by an electrical supply authority in the ordinary course of such employment, shall not be deemed to be electrical-wiring work for the purposes of the said Act, namely:—

“(a) The installation, connection, alteration, removal, and/or repair of an overhead service line (whether in conduit or otherwise) up to the point of entry in the external wall of a consumer’s building; and

“(b) The installation, connection, alteration, removal, and/or repair of an underground service line up to a service cut-out within a consumer’s building; and

“(c) The replacement of a fuse-link, the adjustment of switch-gear, the tightening of a terminal, the erection or removal of meters or time-switches, the disconnection of apparatus or appliances, and, in cases of emergency due to breakdown or other accident, the removal, replacement, and/or repair of accessories or appliances.”

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

(P.W. 26/200.)