JULY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1853

Fees for Duplicates of Documents.

13. Accompanying every application for the duplicate of—
    (i) A certificate of fitness … … … … … £ s. d.
    (ii) Every other document … … … … … 0 5 0
    0 2 6

Fees relating to Appeals.

14. Accompanying every appeal lodged with the Commissioner of Transport … … … … … 3 0 0

15. For every copy of a Licensing Authority’s entry in the minute-book
    in terms of section 3 of the Transport Licensing Amendment Act,
    1936 … … … … … … … … … 0 1 0

(2) The prescribed fee if over £1 shall be paid on behalf of the person from whom
it is due to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand or any branch of the Bank of New
Zealand to the credit of the Public Account.

(3) In respect of every application for a passenger-service license or certificate of
fitness the bank receipt shall accompany the application.

(4) Clauses (2) and (3) of this regulation shall not apply to any fee payable in respect
of any decision of a Metropolitan Licensing Authority.

(5) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore to the contrary, the whole or any portion
of any fee payable under this regulation may, on the certificate of the Commissioner,
be refunded or remitted on any of the following grounds, namely :—
(a) That the application in respect of which the fee is payable has been withdrawn,
or that other action in respect of the application has been nullified or cur-
tailed, and that in consequence the work and expense of the Department or
Minister or Authority has been reduced to an extent justifying the refund or
remission ; or
(b) That the passenger-service or the vehicle in respect of which the fees are
payable is used for only the occasional carriage of passengers, or is used for
the carriage of passengers to such a limited extent that the full fee payable
under this regulation would be disproportionate having regard to the amount
of the passenger business.

REGULATION 18.—ACCOUNTS AND RETURNS.

The Commissioner may require any person or persons carrying on a passenger-
service pursuant to a license under the said Act to keep such records and to maintain
such an accounting system as will enable him to make on request of the Commissioner
the statistical and financial returns described in form T.L. 17.

REGULATION 19.—ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF LICENSING AUTHORITIES.

(1) There shall be paid to each member of a Licensing Authority during his term
of office an allowance at the rate of £600 (six hundred pounds) per annum.

(2) (i) In addition to the payments authorized by clause (1) of this regulation there
shall be paid to each member of a Licensing Authority for every day or part of a day on
which he is occupied or engaged on the business of the 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 at the rate of £1 2s. 6d. for every such day or part of a 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 the member.
(iii) Where a member of a Licensing 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 to members of
Licensing Authorities shall be in addition to any locomotion expenses payable under
section 13 of the said Act.

(4) No locomotion expenses or allowance by way of board and lodging expenses
shall be paid in respect of any occasion or period on or for which payments of a similar
nature are made to the member from any other person, body, corporation, public, or
administrative body.

(5) No payment to any person of any sum under clauses (2) and (3) of this regulation
shall be made until such person has signed a claim setting out particulars of the amounts
payable, including the days or hours claimed for, and unless such claim 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 Authority and incurred any expenses set out assuch
in the claim and further stating and undertaking that he has not already been paid any
sum and will not claim or accept any sum by or from any other person, body, corporation,
public, or administrative body in respect of locomotion expenses or allowances or board
or lodging expenses or allowances or payments of a similar nature for the same occasion
or period.

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

(7) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any person who is an officer
in the service of the Government, but any such person 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.

REGULATION 20.—DRIVING-HOURS.

(1) It shall be a condition of every license (whether inserted therein or not) that,
unless otherwise provided in the license, the licensee shall not drive or cause or permit
any person employed by him or subject to his orders to drive any passenger-service
vehicle used under the authority of a license :—
(i) For any continuous period of more than five and one-half hours ; or
(ii) For continuous periods amounting in the aggregate to more than eleven hours
in any period of twenty-four hours ; or
(iii) So that the driver has not at least ten consecutive hours for rest in any period
of twenty-four hours ; or
(iv) So that the driver has not at least twenty-four consecutive hours for rest in
any period of seven days.