3334
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

11. Over the principal entrance of every building approved and appointed as a bonded tobacco-factory the words “[Designation as in license] Bonded Tobacco-factory” shall be marked in oil colours on a dark ground in white or yellow letters, or on a light ground in black letters. Such letters shall be not less than 4 in. in length and of proportionate breadth.

12. No other business or work except that of manufacturing tobacco shall be carried on within any bonded tobacco-factory, and no such factory shall be in direct communication with any shop or premises wherein duty-paid tobacco is stored or sold by retail.

13. A room or enclosed office in the factory, to the satisfaction of the Collector, shall, if so required by him, be provided for and devoted to the exclusive use of Officers of Customs.

14. Suitable weights and scales or weighing-machines approved by the Collector shall be provided by the holder of the tobacco license, and shall be kept in the factory for weighing tobacco and other materials received into and delivered from the factory.

15. Every holder of a tobacco license shall provide a room or rooms to the satisfaction of the Collector, to be known as “the factory bulk store or stores,” in which all raw tobacco and all materials to be used for the manufacture of tobacco (including cigars, snuff, and cigarettes) shall be placed and stored under the Crown lock. Such tobacco and materials shall only be issued from the factory bulk store for manufacture in such quantities and at such times as the Collector permits, and after application has been made in duplicate to him in Form 5 and his permission thereto has been given in writing.

16. All raw tobacco and all materials for sweetening or flavouring or manufacturing tobacco shall, immediately on being received into any bonded tobacco-factory, be weighed in the presence of an Officer of Customs if he so requires.

17. The operations of stripping and of packing tobacco shall be carried on only in such parts of the tobacco-factory as the Collector may approve. The Collector may require that raw leaf tobacco grown in New Zealand and imported raw leaf tobacco shall be stripped in separate parts of the tobacco-factory.

18. Every holder of a tobacco license shall, if required by the Collector, provide a room, to be known as “the tobacco-room,” in which shall be stored under the Crown lock all manufactured tobacco which is ready for delivery for consumption. If any dispute shall arise as to when any manufactured tobacco is so ready for delivery the decision of the Collector shall be final.

19. Any tobacco stored in the tobacco-room may, with the written approval of the Collector, be returned to the factory, provided due entry thereof is made in the tobacco-manufacturer’s book.

20. In the event of any license being destroyed or lost, the Minister of Customs may issue a duplicate thereof to the person to whom it was issued, on being satisfied by a statutory declaration, or such other further evidence as he may require, that the original has been destroyed or (as the case may be) has been lost and cannot, after full search, be found. There shall be payable for each duplicate a fee of 10s.

WARRANT FOR TOBACCO-CUTTING MACHINE.

21. (1) Every person who desires to keep and use on his business premises a cutting-machine for cutting duty-paid manufactured tobacco for sale shall make application to a Collector of Customs for a warrant under section 28 of the said Act, and shall forward a precise description of the premises in which the applicant proposes to keep and use the same.

(2) The warrant shall be in Form 4.

(3) If any warrant-holder commits a breach of the provisions of the Tobacco Act, 1908, his warrant may be revoked by a Collector of Customs by notice in writing delivered to the warrant-holder or one of joint warrant-holders or left upon the premises named in the warrant with any person appearing to have control thereof or conspicuously affixed to such premises.

(4) Every warrant shall remain in force for the period during which the cutting-machine in respect of which it is issued remains in the possession of the warrant-holder.

(5) If a warrant-holder sells or otherwise disposes of the cutting-machine in respect of which he holds a warrant he shall, before the machine passes out of his possession, notify the Collector in writing and furnish him with the name and address of the prospective owner.

(6) In the event of any warrant being destroyed or lost, the Collector of Customs may issue a duplicate thereof to the person to whom it was issued, on being satisfied by a statutory declaration, or such other further evidence as he may require, that the original has been destroyed or (as the case may be) has been lost and cannot, after full search, be found. There shall be payable for each duplicate a fee of 2s. 6d.

PENALTY.

22. Every person who commits a breach of these regulations is liable to a fine not exceeding £50 and not less than £5.

SCHEDULE.

Section 6, Reg. 4.
[Form 1.

The Tobacco Act, 1908.—The Tobacco Regulations, 1935.

APPLICATION FOR TOBACCO LICENSE.

(To be made in duplicate.)

To the Minister of Customs.

I, [Full name], (Managing director, manager, or partner, as the case may be) of [Name of company or firm] of [Address], hereby apply for a license for myself (my company/firm) to manufacture tobacco, and supply the following particulars respecting the premises to be used:—

(1) Full name of proposed licensee (in the case of a partnership, state full name of every partner and also firm-name):

(2) Name of proposed manager of business:

(3) Name of person whom it is proposed to place in charge of factory operations:

(4) Full address of premises:

(5) Proposed designation thereof as a bonded tobacco-factory:

(6) Measurements of the section or lot on which the proposed tobacco-factory is situated as shown on the block plan numbered __ attached hereto.

(7) Building(s) comprising the proposed tobacco-factory as shown on the plan and description numbered __ attached hereto. (The plan shall set forth every separate room, cellar, shed, or other compartment of the building or premises; material of which constructed; and shall specify the use to be made of each.)

(8) List of all tools, presses, machinery and appliances proposed to be used and the location of each.

I hereby declare that the above-mentioned particulars are true and correct.

Signature:
Date:

Section 5, Reg. 5.
[Form 2.

TOBACCO LICENSE.

I, __, the Minister of Customs, do hereby grant to __ this license to manufacture tobacco, subject to the provisions of the Tobacco Act, 1908, in the bonded tobacco-factory at __, to be designated __. This license shall continue in force until the 31st day of December, 19____, unless it is sooner suspended or annulled pursuant to section 8 of the said Act, but may be from time to time renewed on payment of the prescribed fee.

Given under my hand at __, this __ day of __, 19____.

Minister of Customs.