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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 16

The Servicemen’s Settlement Act, 1950.—Notice Declaring Land Taken for Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Valuation Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto, and to which Part II of the Servicemen’s Settlement Act 1950, applies:

And whereas the purchaser of the said land is neither a discharged serviceman nor a child or grandchild of the vendor:

And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which the said application was referred, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the said land, did adjourn the said application:

Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 31 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 20th day of March, 1951, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement three hundred and sixty-one (361) acres three (3) roods twenty two (22) perches, more or less, being part Section 13, Block X, Rangiriri Survey District, and being all the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 885, folio 276 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand this 27th day of February, 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD,
For the Minister of Lands.

Reorganization of the Territorial Force

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following amendments to New Zealand Gazette notice No. 55, dated 21st October, 1948:—

REORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORIAL FORCE

WHEREAS by New Zealand Gazette Notice No. 55, appearing at pages 1298 and 1299 of the New Zealand Gazette dated 21st October, 1948, His Excellency the Governor-General was pleased to approve under Section 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909, of the reorganization of the Territorial Force; and whereas by reason of further reorganization of the New Zealand Army the said Gazette notice requires amending; now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve that the said Gazette notice of 21st October, 1948, be amended as follows:—

New Units Formed

By adding the following immediately after Headquarters New Zealand Division:—

New Zealand Divisional Headquarters Defence and Employment Platoon.

New Zealand Divisional Headquarters Transport Platoon, RNZASC.

New Zealand Divisional Field Security Section.

New Zealand Divisional Army Photographic Interpretation Section.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Registered Medical Practitioner Prohibited From Dealing in or Issuing Prescriptions for Dangerous Drugs

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations 1928, I, Jack Thomas Watts, Minister of Health, being satisfied that Albert Glynn Roberts, of 14 Seacliffe Avenue, Auckland N. 2, a registered medical practitioner, has committed a breach of the terms of the licence deemed to be held by him under the said regulations, and acting on the recommendation of the Medical Council, do hereby revoke the licence deemed to be held by the said Albert Glynn Roberts under the said regulations and do hereby prohibit the said Albert Glynn Roberts from issuing prescriptions for the dispensing of dangerous drugs.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 19th day of February, 1951.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

(H.—D.D. 51/2.)

Notice Specifying Conditions Under Which Artificial Limbs, Crutches, and Permanent Splints May be Supplied or Repaired Under the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947

Wellington, 26th February, 1951.

PURSUANT to the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947, the Minister of Health hereby gives notice as follows:—

1. This notice shall take effect on and from the 1st day of March, 1951.

2. (1) For the purposes of the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947—

(a) The undermentioned artificial aids are hereby prescribed as artificial aids that may be supplied or repaired for out-patients of public hospitals, that is to say—artificial arms, artificial hands, artificial legs, artificial feet, crutches (as herein defined), permanent splints (as herein defined); and

(b) The undermentioned artificial aid is hereby prescribed as an artificial aid that may be supplied for out-patients of public hospitals, that is to say—limb socks.

(2) For the purposes of this notice “crutches” means crutches for the use of patients who have lost a leg or a foot and who are unable to use an artificial leg or an artificial foot; and “permanent splints” means splints and similar aids and appliances used permanently for purposes other than as corrective measures.

3. In respect of the supply of any artificial aid prescribed by clause 2 of this notice the following conditions are hereby imposed:—

(a) That the artificial aid is recommended for the patient by an orthopaedic surgeon employed or engaged by a hospital board.

(b) That the artificial aid is manufactured either by the Disabled Servicemen’s Re-establishment League or by the splints department of a public hospital, or is of a type approved by the Director-General of Health.

(c) That the artificial aid can, in the opinion of the manufacturer’s orthopaedic adviser, be satisfactorily fitted.

(d) That the patient is not entitled to obtain the artificial aid under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 1947, or of the War Pensions Regulations 1945, or otherwise than under the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947.

(e) That the patient is not already in possession of a similar artificial aid obtained under the provisions of the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947, or under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 1947, or of the War Pensions Regulations 1945, that is, in the opinion of an orthopaedic surgeon employed or engaged by a hospital board, still satisfactory and serviceable or capable of satisfactory repair: Provided that this condition shall not apply in the case of an artificial arm, hand, leg, or foot to be supplied as a duplicate on the recommendation of such an orthopaedic surgeon on the grounds that a duplicate is necessary for the patient in his employment.

(f) That where the artificial aid is limb socks, there will be an initial supply only of not more that 6 pairs for each artificial arm, hand, leg, or foot: Provided that nothing in this condition shall be deemed to authorize the supply of any limb socks in respect of a duplicate artificial arm, hand, leg, or foot.

(g) That one-fifth of the cost of any artificial aid shall be recoverable from the person to whom it is supplied.

4. (1) For the purposes of this clause “repair” means all necessary attention to place in serviceable condition and includes rebuilding or remodelling, and “repaired” and “repairer” have corresponding meanings.

(2) In respect of the repair of any artificial aid prescribed by paragraph (a) of subclause (1) of clause (2) of this notice the following conditions are hereby imposed:—

(a) That the repair is recommended by an orthopaedic surgeon employed or engaged by a hospital board.

(b) That the artificial aid to be repaired was manufactured either by the Disabled Servicemen’s Re-establishment League or by the splints department of a public hospital, or is of a type approved by the Director-General of Health.

(c) That the artificial aid to be repaired can, in the opinion of the repairer’s orthopaedic adviser, be satisfactorily repaired.

(d) That where repair involves rebuilding or remodelling the result would, in the opinion of the recommending orthopaedic surgeon, be satisfactory.

(e) That the patient is not entitled to have the artificial aid repaired under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 1947, or of the War Pensions Regulations 1945, or otherwise than under the Social Security (Hospital Benefits for Out-patients) Regulations 1947.

(f) That the cost of repair will be recoverable from the patient; but the patient’s liability under this condition is limited to the sum of £1.

(g) That the need for repair to the artificial aid arises through fair wear-and-tear or other cause not attributable to the fault of the patient.

6. The notice as to artificial limbs dated 30th March, 1948, and published in the Gazette on the 1st April, 1948, at page 353 is hereby revoked.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

Appointment of Public Trust Agent at Waihi

IT is notified for public information that Mr. David Arthur Muir has been appointed to the position of Agent of the Public Trust Office at Waihi.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of February, 1951.

G. E. TURNEY,
Deputy of the Public Trustee.