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Regulations
as to earth cutting etc. Schedule E.
Timber stores to be inclosed.
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previously have fully warned all persons within & radius of five hundred feet from the proposed blast by means of red flags and by the beating of a gong con- tinued for at least five minutes, previous to the firing off of such blast. No blast shall be fired off except between 12 noon and 12.30 p.m., and between 4.30 p.m. and 5 p.m., or between such other hours as the Governor in Council may, by notification, appoint: Provided that in all Government quarries, whether leased or otherwise, the blasting of stone shall be subject to regulations made by the Governor 'n Council.
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
For any contravention of this section there shall be liable not only the labourer doing the work but also the permit-holder and likewise the contractor or foreman under whom such labourer is working.
Earth cutting.
118. It shall not be lawful for any person to cut or remove earth sand clay or turf, or to collect, extract, split, blast or remove stones, from any land not under lease from the Crown, except subject to the regulations contained in Schedule E, or such other regulations as may be made by the Governor in Council, or without the permission in writing of the Director of Public Works, or in such manner as shall undermine or in any way prejudically affect or endanger the stability of any bank or of any land or property adjoining.
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section or of any such regulations shall be liable on suminary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
For any contravention of this section there shall be liable not only the labourer doing the work but also the permit-holder, and likewise the contractor or fore- man under whom such labourer is working.
Timber Stores.
119. Every building, yard or other place used for the storage of timber, other than timber in baulk, shall unless exempted by the Director of Public Works, be enclosed on all sides by brick walls at least ten feet high and fourteen inches thick Every such building, yard or place shall have a clear passage-way not less than six feet in width between such walls and the boundary of any other premises. No portion of any building, yard or place, if used for the storage of more than three hundred cubic feet of timber, other than timber in baulk, shall be within fifty feet of any building used for any other purpose than that of the storage of timber other than timber in baulk.
No building used for the storage of timber, other than timber in baulk, and no building in any yard or place used for the storage of timber other than timber in baulk shall exceed in height thirty feet measured from the level of the ground to the extreme top of such building.
No pile, stack or store of timber shall exceed thirty feet in height from the level of the ground.
It shall not be lawful to form in any pile, stack
or store of timber any room or chamber or space (other than a passage) to be used for any purpose whatever.
For the purpose of this section, timber in baulk shall not include China fir poles.
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Wells.
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120. It shall not be lawful to sink or re-open any Wells not well, or to permit any well to be sunk or re-opened, to be sunk without the permission of the Building Authority, or re-
opened who may grant the same on a written application, without provided there be no structural, sanitary or other permission, objection.
water,
Every well shall be so constructed as to exclude Exclusion surface water as far as possible, and due provision of surface shall be made for the conveyance of the drip or waste to the nearest drain inlet or other channel into which it may be lawfully discharged.
Nullahs, storm water-channels and drains.
121. No building shall hereafter be erected over any Building public drain, nullah, or storm water-channel, whether over drains, natural or artificial, without the written consent of
the Governor in Council.
etc.
122. No nullah, or storm water-channel, whether Nullahs. natural or artificial, shall hereafter be covered over except by a bridge not exceeding fifty feet in length, without the written consent of the Director of Public Works.
123. All work permitted under sections 121 and 122 Powers of shall only be carried out under such conditions as may Fublic
Director of
be imposed by the Director of Public Works, and to Works. his entire satisfaction. In framing such conditions,
he shall make due provision for the sub-soil drainage
of adjacent land, and for access for the purpose of inspection and cleansing.
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124. It shall not be lawful for any person to dig Inter- out the foundations of any building, or to excavate ference with
any site for any purpose whatsoever, in such manner as
drain, nullah, to cut into, open out, divert, undermine, obstruct, catch-water dam, or otherwise interfere with any drain, nullah, or water- catch-water or water-channel, whether situated on channel
prohibited. leased or unleased Crown land, unless he has provided
to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works for the escape of any waters flowing through such drain, nullah, catch-water or water-channel.
Plans, drawings and notices.
125.—(1) It shall not be lawful to commence any Consent of building or to repair or reconstruct any existing build- Building ing without the consent of the Building Authority, and Authority the following procedure shall be adopted:
required in connexion with all
(a) Notice in writing, in or according to the new works. form contained in Schedule F, of the Schedule F. intention to commence or repair or recon- struct such building shall be given to the Building Authority by leaving the same at his office. Every such notice shall specify the number, if any, and the position or locality of the intended building, together with the number and section or sub-section of the lot on which it is intended to build, and shall give any special or material parti- culars in connexion with the same which
it is not possible to denote on the plans. Such notice shall also state the naine and address of the owner and occupier of the building or lot, and of the duly authorised agent of such persons respectively, and shall be signed by such owner or occupier or agent; and the person signing such notice shall state whether he signs as owner oc- cupier or agent, and the person so signing or, if he be absent from the Colony or ean- not be found, any contractor employed on or about the building, shall be liable for every
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