1950_EARTH_CUTTING_REGULATIONS — Page 2

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Buildings.

2. The place where stone, earth, sand or turf is to be obtained shall, where practicable, be stated in the permit.

3. As each case may require special precautions, the permit-holder must obey any special instructions of the Director of Public Works endorsed on the permit.

4. Permits for the obtaining of stone will be limited to the collection of loose boulders.

5. Any permit may be limited to the collection of a stated quantity.

6. No stone shall be rolled on to, or left deposited upon, any public road or allowed to roll over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees.

7. All escarpments caused by the cutting on unleased Crown land must be sloped uniformly and properly turfed upon completion of the excavation.

8. Any infringement of these regulations will entitle the Director of Public Works to cancel and withdraw the permit without notice, and will render the person to whom the permit was granted liable upon summary conviction to a penalty of one hundred dollars.

9. The Director of Public Works shall have power at any time to cancel and withdraw a permit, without giving any notice or assigning any cause for such withdrawal.

10. The permit-holder is to provide a competent foreman, who is to remain on the ground during the whole of the time the men are obtaining the material, for the purpose of ensuring that the work is carried out without undermining or prejudicially affecting or endangering the stability of any bank or of any land or property adjoining, and to prevent the rolling of stones over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees, and to see that all regulations and conditions attached to the permit are properly complied with.

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CAP. 123] Buildings. 2. The place where stone, earth, sand or turf is to be obtained shall, where practicable, be stated in the permit. 3. As each case may require special precautions, the permit-holder must obey any special instructions of the Director of Public Works endorsed on the permit. 4. Permits for the obtaining of stone will be limited to the collection of loose boulders. 5. Any permit may be limited to the collection of a stated quantity. 6. No stone shall be rolled on to, or left deposited upon, any public road or allowed to roll over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees. 7. All escarpments caused by the cutting on unleased Crown land must be sloped uniformly and properly turfed upon completion of the excavation. 8. Any infringement of these regulations will entitle the Director of Public Works to cancel and withdraw the permit without notice, and will render the person to whom the permit was granted liable upon summary conviction to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 9. The Director of Public Works shall have power at any time to cancel and withdraw a permit, without giving any notice or assigning any cause for such withdrawal. 10. The permit-holder is to provide a competent foreman, who is to remain on the ground during the whole of the time the men are obtaining the material, for the purpose of ensuring that the work is carried out without undermining or prejudicially affecting or endangering the stability of any bank or of any land or property adjoining, and to prevent the rolling of stones over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees, and to see that all regulations and conditions attached to the permit are properly complied with. 430
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CAP. 123] Buildings. 2. The place where stone, earth, sand or turf is to be obtained shall, where practicable, be stated in the permit. 3. As each case may require special precautions, the permit-holder must obey any special instructions of the Director of Public Works endorsed on the permit. 4. Permits for the obtaining of stone will be limited to the collection of loose boulders. 5. Any permit may be limited to the collection of a stated quantity. 6. No stone shall be rolled on to, or left deposited upon, any public road or allowed to roll over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees. 7. All escarpments caused by the cutting on unleased Crown land must be sloped uniformly and properly turfed upon completion of the excavation. 8. Any infringement of these regulations will entitle the Director of Public Works to cancel and withdraw the permit without notice, and will render the person to whom the permit was granted liable upon summary conviction to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 9. The Director of Public Works shall have power at any time to cancel and withdraw a permit, without giving any notice or assigning any cause for such withdrawal. 10. The permit-holder is to provide a competent fore- man, who is to remain on the ground during the whole of the time the men are obtaining the material, for the purpose of ensuring that the work is carried out without undermining or prejudically affecting or endangering the stability of any bank or of any land or property adjoining, and to prevent the rolling of stones over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees, and to see that all regulations and conditions attached to the permit are properly complied with. 430
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CAP. 123]

Buildings.

2. The place where stone, earth, sand or turf is to be obtained shall, where practicable, be stated in the permit.

3. As each case may require special precautions, the permit-holder must obey any special instructions of the Director of Public Works endorsed on the permit.

4. Permits for the obtaining of stone will be limited to the collection of loose boulders.

5. Any permit may be limited to the collection of a stated quantity.

6. No stone shall be rolled on to, or left deposited upon, any public road or allowed to roll over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees.

7. All escarpments caused by the cutting on unleased Crown land must be sloped uniformly and properly turfed upon completion of the excavation.

8. Any infringement of these regulations will entitle the Director of Public Works to cancel and withdraw the permit without notice, and will render the person to whom the permit was granted liable upon summary conviction to a penalty of one hundred dollars.

9. The Director of Public Works shall have power at any time to cancel and withdraw a permit, without giving any notice or assigning any cause for such withdrawal.

10. The permit-holder is to provide a competent fore- man, who is to remain on the ground during the whole of the time the men are obtaining the material, for the purpose of ensuring that the work is carried out without undermining or prejudically affecting or endangering the stability of any bank or of any land or property adjoining, and to prevent the rolling of stones over any hill-slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees, and to see that all regulations and conditions attached to the permit are properly complied with.

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