Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3143

Fees.

(2) There shall be paid to each member of the committee, not being a person employed in the Public Service or holding a permanent appointment of profit under the Crown, for each day or part of a day on which he is engaged upon committee business, a fee of £1 14s. for each such day, or £1 14s. for each meeting :

Provided that the said fee of £1 14s., being computed as a fee of £2 2s. reduced by ten per centum thereof, and further reduced by ten per centum of the remainder in like manner as payments subject to Part I of the Finance Act, 1931, and Part I of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932, shall, upon any statutory increase of any payments so subject, be increased in like manner.

Locomotion-expenses.

(3) There shall be paid to each such member all locomotion-expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him when engaged upon committee business, including the provision of deck-cabins on steamers and sleeping-berths on railway trains.

Travelling-allowance.

(4) There shall be paid to each such member for each day or part of a day on which he is engaged upon committee business and absent from his usual place of residence, a travelling-allowance for personal expenses at the rate of £1 2s. 6d. per day of twenty-four hours :

Provided that the said allowance of £1 2s. 6d., being computed as an allowance of £1 5s. per day reduced by ten per centum in like manner as payments subject to Part I of the Finance Act, 1931, shall, upon any statutory increase of any payments so subject, be increased in like manner.

Absence of less than one day.

(5) When a member leaves and returns to headquarters on the same day the fee and actual and reasonable expenses only shall be paid.

No fee, &c., payable if payment received from another source.

(6) No fee, locomotion-expenses, or expenses of board and lodging shall be paid in respect of any occasion in respect of which a fee, or personal allowance, or locomotion-expenses, or locomotion-allowance, or expenses of or allowance for board and lodging, respectively, have been received or will be received by the member from any other person, body corporate, or public or administrative body :

Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall prevent the Postmaster-General from making or receiving payments to or from any such person or body by way of apportionment of fees, expenses, or allowance, payable to any member by reason of his being both engaged upon committee business and also engaged upon the business of such person or body.

Particulars to be set out in claim.

(7) No claim of any member for fees, locomotion-expenses, or expenses of board and lodging shall be recognized unless such claim sets out the days and parts of a day claimed for, and contains full particulars of dates, places, amounts, and nature of each item, and is accompanied by the certificate of the member stating that on the days and parts of a day claimed for he was engaged upon committee business as particularly set out in the claim, and actually incurred the expenses set out in the claim, and (in respect of expenses of board and lodging) was absent from his usual place of residence as therein set out, and that the claim is correct in all particulars, and further stating and undertaking that the member has not already been paid any sum, and will not claim or accept any sum by or from any other person, body corporate, or public or administrative body by way of fee, or personal allowance, or locomotion-expenses, or locomotion-allowance, or expenses of or allowance for board and lodging, respectively, in respect of any occasion in respect of which the claim is made.

Moneys to be appropriated by Parliament.

(8) All moneys payable under this regulation shall be paid out of moneys appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

INTERFERING EQUIPMENT.

Unlawful to install, use, &c.

6. It shall not be lawful for any person to install, use, sell, or manufacture any interfering equipment (whether wireless telegraphic apparatus or not) :

Provided that it shall be a defence to any person charged with a breach of the provisions of this clause, if he proves that the interfering equipment in question has been the subject of a notice given under clause 7 hereof, and that an application for exemption from any of the requirements thereof has been made under clause 10 hereof, and that notice of the decision thereon has not yet been given :

Provided, also, that an exemption granted by the Minister under clause 15 or clause 16 hereof, and for the time being in force, shall, so far as it extends, be a sufficient defence to any person charged with a breach of the provisions of this clause, but shall not be a defence in respect of any act not authorized by the terms of such exemption.

SERVICE OF NOTICE BY RADIO INSPECTOR.

Notice to owner or user.

7. A Radio Inspector may at any time, by notice in writing, require the owner or user of interfering equipment, within such period as the Radio Inspector may in such notice prescribe, being not less than fourteen days nor more than thirty days after service of the notice, to take such of the following steps as in the circumstances the Radio Inspector may require, namely :—

(a) To discontinue entirely the use of such interfering equipment ; or

(b) To discontinue the use of such interfering equipment otherwise than during hours to be specified in such notice ; or

(c) To eliminate, and keep eliminated, the interfering effect of such interfering equipment ; or

(d) To reduce, and keep reduced, so as to be negligible, the interfering effect of such interfering equipment.

Notice to be complied with.

8. Every person on whom is served a notice given under the last preceding clause hereof shall at all times thereafter comply with the requirements of such notice according to the tenor thereof :

Provided that it shall be a defence to any person charged with a breach of the provisions of this clause if he proves that an application for exemption from any of the said requirements has been made under clause 10 hereof, and that notice of the decision thereon has not yet been given.

Abrogation of other regulations not to be implied.

9. Nothing contained in any such notice or in these regulations shall be deemed to authorize any unqualified person to carry out work on electrical lines or equipment, or do anything contrary to the provisions of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925, the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Regulations, 1929, the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1927, the Radio Wiring Regulations, 1932, or any other enactment for the time being in force.

APPEAL AGAINST TERMS OF NOTICE.

Appeal to Minister.

10. Any person on whom is served a notice given under clause 7 hereof may, within fourteen days of his receipt thereof, by application in writing, apply to the Minister for exemption from all or any of the requirements thereof on such grounds as are set out in the application.

Appeal disallowed by Minister.

11. If in the opinion of the Minister no reasonable grounds are shown for exemption from compliance with a notice served under clause 7 hereof, the Minister may direct notice to that effect to be given to the applicant, and thereupon the applicant shall be bound to comply with the requirements of the notice served upon him under clause 7 hereof according to the tenor thereof, save only that any period fixed therein for compliance with the requirements thereof shall be computed from the time of service of the notice given under this clause.

Reference to committee.

12. If in the opinion of the Minister reasonable grounds for exemption are shown, the Minister may refer the application to the Advisory Committee.

Consideration by committee.

13. The Advisory Committee shall consider the application for exemption together with any reports from officers of the Post and Telegraph Department that the Minister may cause to be submitted to the Committee, and may in its discretion (but without any obligation so to do) entertain evidence or submissions from or on behalf of the applicant, whether written or oral, and shall certify to the Minister its opinion on the merits of the application.

Appeal disallowed after report by Committee.

14. If, after considering the opinion of the Advisory Committee, the Minister is of opinion that exemption should not be granted, the Minister shall direct notice to that effect to be given to the applicant, and thereupon the applicant shall be bound to comply with the requirements of the notice served upon him under clause 7 hereof according to the tenor thereof, save only that any period fixed therein for compliance with the requirements thereof shall be computed from the time of service of the notice given under this clause.