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Sale of Explosives Act 1906

Public Act		1906 No 11
Date of assent		20 October 1906

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Sales of explosives to be entered in a book.
3	Regulations.
4	Administration of Act.

An Act to make Better Provision for regulating the Sale of Explosives.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act is “The Sale of Explosives Act, 1906”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Explosives Act, 1882” (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”).

2 Sales of explosives to be entered in a book.

(1.)

Every sale of explosives shall, at the time of sale and before delivery, be entered by the person who sells the same, or by his assistant, in a book to be kept (in the prescribed form) for that purpose, together with the date of sale, the quantity and description of explosive sold, and the name, address, and occupation of the purchaser.

Explosives to be marked.

(2.)

No explosive shall be sold or delivered unless the package in which it is contained is distinctly marked on the outside with the word “explosive,” and with the name and address of the seller.

Sales to young persons or strangers.

(3.)

No person shall sell any explosive—

(a.)

To any person who is apparently under fifteen years of age; or

(b.)

To any person who is unknown to the seller, unless the sale is made in the presence of some witness who is known to the vendor and to whom the purchaser is known, and unless such witness and such purchaser, before delivery of the explosive to the purchaser, sign their names and their respective places of abode to the entry in the book hereby required to be kept.

Fines for breaches of section.

(4.)

Every person who actually sells or delivers any explosive contrary to this Act, and every person on whose behalf such sale is made, shall severally be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

Limitation of section.

(5.)

This section shall apply only to such explosives as are from time to time declared by the Governor, by Order in Council gazetted, to be explosives within the meaning of this section.

3 Regulations.

Section seventeen of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraphs:—

“(7a.)

Providing for the licensing of carriers of explosives and of lighters, and prohibiting the carriage of explosives by unlicensed persons or in unlicensed lighters:

“(7b.)

Providing for the licensing of dealers in explosives or any specified kind of explosive, and prohibiting the sale of explosives or any specified kind of explosive by unlicensed persons:

“(7c.)

Fixing a scale of fees payable under the principal Act or the regulations:

“(7d.)

Prescribing the form of book to be kept for entering particulars of sales of explosives, and providing for the inspection of such book and the entries therein by any constable or fishing officer appointed under the provisions of the Sea-fisheries or of the Fisheries Conservation Acts.

“(7e.)

Prescribing the mode of marking packages of explosives.”

4 Administration of Act.

Section two of “The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897,” is hereby amended by repealing the words “Minister of Defence,” and substituting in lieu thereof the words “Minister of Customs.”

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