EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 19 April 1922, Page 246

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Amended Regulations under the Arms Act, 1920. (See New Zealand Gazette, 1922, page 1031.) JELLICOE, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of April, 1922. Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Arms Act, 1920, and the Arms Amendment Act, 1921-22, His Excellency the GovernorGeneral 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 following amendments and additions to the regulations made under the Arms Act, 1920, on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations); and doth declare that such amendments and additions shall be read with and form part of the said regulations and shall take effect on and from the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

17a. Every person to whom a permit is issued in terms of section 6 of the Arms Amendment Act, 1921-22, shall keep a register, in which he shall enter the full name and address of each person to whom in pursuance of such permit explosives

are delivered,, the date of delivery, and the quantity of explosives delivered, and such register shall be available for inspection at any time by any officer of police. 17b. No ammunition shall be procured by a rifle club from the Minister of Defence in pursuance of section 7 of the Arms Amendment Act, 1921-22, except on a requisition signed by the president and secretary of such rifle club. Such requisition shall state the names of the members to whom ammunition is to be supplied, and the quantities. The president of such club shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book in which shall be entered the name, occupation, and address of each member to whom ammunition is supplied, and the date and quantity of each supply. Such record shall be available for inspection at any time by any officer of police. 18. Regulation 18 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof : The Commissioner of Police is hereby authorized to prescribe, by notice published in the Gazette, that ammunition ordinarily used for rifles of which the calibre docs not exceed •22, and which are ordinarily used for sporting purposes, may be procured or delivered without a permit. 19. Regulation 19 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof : Every person other than a licensed dealer who nrocures " possession of a firearm shall within seven days make application to register such firearm to the nearest authorized officer in the district in which the applicant resides. 31. Regulation 31 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof: — Every application for a certificate of registration shall state when, where, and from whom the applicant obtained the firearm, and the date, place, and number of the certificate of previous registration, if any ; and in the case of a shot-gun as described in section 7 (3) of the Act, such certificate of previous registration shall be delivered to the authorized officer. Every authorized officer who issues a certificate of registration shall endorse such particulars of previous registration on such certificate and the copies thereof. Every authorized officer who receives a certificate of previous registration of a shot-gun in terms of this regulation shall endorse thereon the particulars of the re-registration, and forward the certificate to the Superintendent or Inspector in charge of the district in which it was issued, who shall cancel it, record the cancellation in his Register of Arms, and for-

ward the cancelled certificate to the police-station at which it was issued in order that the copy of same may be cancelled. 53a. Any license or certificate issued under the Act which has been lost or destroyed may be replaced by a new license or certificate on payment of the fee prescribed for same in the Second Schedule hereto.

54a. Any person committing a breach of, or failing to comply with, any regulation made under the Act shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2O in any case. The Second Schedule to the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof :

Second Schedule.

Fees. £ s. d. For license to carry a pistol .. .. ..050 For dealer’s license .. .. .. ..100 For dealer’s license issued to a person who already holds a license under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908 .. .. .. ..0 15 0 Provided that a dealer’s license for the sale of explosives only may be granted free of charge to a person who already holds a license under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908. For a general authority issued to a licensed dealer in terms of section 5 of the Arms Amendment Act 1921-22 .. .. .. ..0 5 0 For each certificate of registration issued on or after Ist June, 1922 .. .. .. ..0 1 0 F. D. THOMSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game. (See New Zealand Gazette, 1922, pages 1009-1019.)

Shooting season for game : Auckland, Ashburton, Bay of Islands, Buller, Coromandel, East Coast, Feilding, Grey, Hawera, Hawke’s Bay, Hobson, Lakes, Marlborough, Nelson, North Canterbury, Opotiki, Otago, Rotorua, South Canterbury, Southland, Stratford, Taranaki, Tauranga, Waimarino, Waitaki, Wanganui, Wellington, Westland.