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Amendment

of regula- tion 6.

Amendment of regula- tion 13.

Amendment of regula- tion 14,

Amendment of regula- tion 17.

Amendment

of regula-

tion 24.

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(b) by the deletion of paragraph (2) and the substitution theclo

of the following

"(2) If any identity card is not collected by the person to whom it refers from the office of the Commis sioner or from such other place as the Commissioner muy specify by notice in writing served upon such person, within thirty days after the expiration of the period of one hundred and twenty days referred to in paragraph (1) or such lesser period as the Commissioner may have specified by notice in writing served upon such person. such identity card may be destroyed and such person shall be deemed not to have applied for registration in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3,".

4. Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended by the insertion after the words "to the satisfaction of the registration office" of the following-

"and payment of the appropriate fee (if any) prescribed in the Second Schedule”.

5. Paragraph (2) of regulation 13 of the principal regulations is amended-

(a) in sub-paragraph (c) by the deletion of the comma at the coi

thereof and the substitution therefor of the following

"; and"; and

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(b) by the addition after sub-paragraph (c) of the following new

sub-paragraph-

"(d) upon payment to bim of the appropriate fee (if any)

prescribed in the Second Schedule,”.

6. Regulation 14 of the principal regulations is amended by the insertion after the words "as be may require" of the following-

"and the payment to him of the appropriate fee (if any) pr scribed in the Second Schedule".

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Sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of regulation 17 of be principal regulations is amended by the deletion of the words "o month" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"three montbs”.

Regulation 24 of the principal regulations is amended by t insertion after the brackets and the words enclosed thereby of 18 following

"and payment of the appropriate fee (if any) prescribed in the Second Schedule".

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of regula. tion 26.

9. Regulation 26 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following-

"(b) persons-

(serving in Her Majesty's regular naval, military or air forces, other than those locally domiciled, in possession of the official identity card or document of identity normally issued to them, and their wives, and their sons and daughters under seventeen years of age; or

(i) employed by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, other than those locally domiciled, their wives and their sons and daughters under seventeen years of age:".

Council CHAMBER,

28th April, 1961.

Explanatory Note,

Abelard

Clerk of Councils,

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

The effect of these regulations is-

(d) to provide that the payment of the appropriate fees prescribed in the Second Schedule to the Registration of Persons Regulations, 1960, for the issue, renewal or alteration of identity cards is a condition precedent to the issue, renewal or alteration of the cards, as the case may bes

(6) to substitute for the various periods prescribed under regulation 5 within which identity cards must be prepared and issued, a maximum period of one hundred and twenty days after application or such lesser period the Commissioner of Registration may by notice served upon the applicants determine;

(c) to extend the period of absence from the Colony in respect of which notice need not be given to the Commissioner of Registration under regulation 17 from one month to three months; and

(d) to extend exemption from the effects of the principal Ordinance to persons employed by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, other than locally domiciled persons, and their wives and families. (Secretariat D/RPO)