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Regulation under the Explosives Acts.

PLUNKET, Governor. ORDEIi IN COUNCIL At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of February, 1908. Present : The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., presiding in Council. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by " The Explosives Act, 1882," " The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1907," and "The Sale of Explosives Act, 1906" (hereinafter termed "the said Acts"), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulation following, that is to say,— Regulation. 1. (1.) Every person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds who smokes, strikes matches, or carries a light not approved by an Inspector of Explosives while engaged or employed in the landing, transhipment, carriage, removal, or handling of any explosives other than those of the sixth (ammunition) class. (2.) Every person not so engaged or employed ,as aforesaid, being in the immediate vicinity of any explosives which are being landed, transhipped, carried, removed, or handled, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds if he continues to smoke, strike matches, or to carry a light .not approved by an Inspector of Explosives after being warned not to do so by anj' officer appointed under the said Acts, or by any carrier licensed under the said Acts, or by any person engaged or employed in handling explosives. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,500 copies), £1 3a.

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