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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

(8) Where running material is encountered, poling-boards or runners shall be tongued and grooved. Walings and struts shall be of the size and number required by paragraph (5).

(9) An Inspector may order either lighter or heavier timbering should he deem it necessary.

(10) Excavated material shall not be placed nearer than 1 ft. to the edge of the trench. In running material, provided circumstances permit, no material shall be placed nearer than 3 ft. to the edge of the trench.

(11) All trenches 5 ft. or more in depth shall be supplied with one ladder for each 200 ft. of trench or fraction thereof, which ladder shall extend from the bottom of the trench to at least 3 ft. 6 in. above the top.

(12) Open excavations or cuttings shall be worked in terraces not exceeding 6 ft. in height, and no undercutting shall be done in confined spaces or in loose ground or where the bank is over 5 ft. in height.

SCAFFOLDING EXAMINATION BOARD.

24. (1) The Board prescribed by section 3 of the said Act shall comprise—

(a) The Secretary of Labour, or other person appointed by the Minister, who shall be chairman:

(b) Two Inspectors of Scaffolding to be selected by the Minister:

(c) A person representing the employers in those trades in connection with which scaffolding is used, such person to be appointed by the Minister, having regard to any representations made by the said employers:

(d) A person representing the workers in those trades in connection with which scaffolding is used, such person to be appointed by the Minister, having regard to any representations made by the said workers.

(2) Three members of the Board shall form a quorum, and every question before a meeting of the Board shall be decided by the votes of a majority of the members present.

(3) The chairman shall have a deliberative vote, and, in any case where the votes are equal, shall have a casting-vote also.

(4) Subject to the foregoing provisions, the Board shall regulate its own procedure.

(5) Examinations of persons for appointment as Inspectors shall be held at such times and at such places as may be fixed by the chairman of the Board.

(6) Every such examination shall comprise written and oral tests of the candidate’s knowledge and experience of—

(a) The use of scaffolding, building, and hoisting gear and appliances:

(b) The nature, weight, strength, breaking-strain, and factors of safety of materials or gear commonly used in connection with scaffolding:

(c) The kind of scaffolding most suitable for any particular trade or purpose:

(d) The methods of rigging or erecting gantries, lifts, cranes, derricks, hoisting gear, and swinging-stages:

(e) The elementary principles of building-construction:

(f) The precautions necessary for safety in building and scaffolding operations.

(7) The Board may, in addition, require any candidate to make a simple sketch of any building, scaffolding, gear, or portion thereof.

FORMS.

25. Every certificate issued by an Inspector pursuant to Regulation 2 hereof that he has personally inspected any scaffolding or gear and has authorized its use for any particular purpose, and that such scaffolding or gear may safely be used for the purpose intended, and every certificate under section 7 of the said Act authorizing the use of a swinging-stage in connection with building-work shall be in the form numbered 1 in the Second Schedule hereto.

26. Every certificate of appointment as an Inspector under section 3 of the said Act of a person so appointed as to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912, shall be in the form numbered 2 in the Second Schedule hereto, and every such certificate of a person so appointed as not to be subject to that Act shall be in the said form numbered 2, with all necessary modifications, and shall be signed by the Minister,