CO129-442 - Governor Sir May - 1917 [4-6] — Page 74

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It has also been decided, in order to save clerical labour,

To compensate

to abolish anchorage passes and clearance papers.

for the loss of the anchorage pass and clearance fees the licence

Launches will still have to

fees are being slightly raised. clear but the clearance will in future take the form of an entry in a licence book. This explanation is necessary in order to explain certain omissions in the new section 37 which this Ordi- nance substitutes for the former section 37 in Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Other omissions are due to a desire to transfer to

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the regulations made under the section certain provisions which seem more appropriate to regulations than to an Ordinance. table is attached which shows how the various sub-sections of

the former section 37 have been treated.

Section 4 gives the Governor power to make regulations re-

The immediate lating to embarkation and landing generally. occasion for the introduction of the section was a request by the Naval Authorities for certain regulations to be made in connection with the defence of the port. Certain powers already existed under Ordinance No. 32 of 1915 and under section 39 (8) (a) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, but they were not sufficiently complete

for the de sired purpose

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The regulations could have been made under the Order in Council of the 26th October, 1896, as amended by the Order in Council of the 21st March, 1916, but it was thought that it would be useful, and not improper, to confer the specified powers on the Governor in Council permanently.

In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellenoy the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on

His behalf.

Attorney General,

11th April, 1917.