Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1919

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Precautions Regulations 1940.
2. (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,
   "Board" means a Town Board or a Road Board:
   "Committee" means a committee appointed under these regulations:
   "Council" means a Borough Council or a County Council:
   "Emergency" means an emergency, whether arising from fire, flood, earthquake, enemy action, a threat of enemy action, or otherwise howsoever, in which the community or any substantial portion of the community is deprived or is likely to be deprived of the essentials of life, or the public safety or the public order is imperilled or is likely to be imperilled:
   "Emergency precautions organization" means an emergency precautions organization established under these regulations:
   "Emergency Reserve Corps" means the Emergency Reserve Corps established by the Emergency Reserve Corps Regulations 1940
   "Local authority" means any local authority or public body that is a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, whether by virtue of section 2 of that Act or of any Order in Council thereunder or by virtue of the provisions of any other Act:
   "Minister" means the Minister of National Service:
   "Scheme" means an emergency precautions scheme prepared under these regulations.
   (2) For the purposes of these regulations, the term "responsible authority," in relation to any scheme, means the Council or Board of the district for which the scheme is prepared. In the case of a combined scheme the responsible authority shall be the Council of the borough or principal borough in the combined district, or if there is no borough shall be the Council of the county or principal county, or if there is no borough or county shall be the Board of the town district or principal town district, or if there is no borough, county, or town district shall be the Board of the principal road district. Where there are two or more districts of the same kind in the combined district the one that has the largest population shall be deemed to be the principal one.
3. (1) Any Council or Board may from time to time prepare an emergency precautions scheme for its district. Any such scheme may be prepared and operated by the Council or Board in conjunction with any other local authority.
   (2) Any Council or Board may act in conjunction with any other Council or Board in the preparation and operation of a combined scheme for the districts under their jurisdiction.
   (3) Any scheme prepared under these regulations may be at any time in like manner amended or revoked.
   (4) Every emergency precautions scheme prepared by any Council or Board before the commencement of these regulations shall be deemed to have been prepared under these regulations.
4. Every scheme shall, having regard to the requirements of the district for which it is prepared, make provision for such of the matters specified in the second column of the Schedule to these regulations, and such other matters in relation to the preservation of life, the protection of property, and the maintenance of law and order and essential services as may be deemed necessary.
5. (1) Every scheme shall also make provision for an emergency precautions organization consisting of a central committee and of such other committees (whether referred to in the Schedule to these regulations or not) and of such controllers and other persons as may be deemed necessary.
   (2) Every emergency precautions organization shall form part of the Emergency Reserve Corps.