§ PROVISIONS OF EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1875,
INCORPORATED WITH MODIFICATIONS.
§ Regulations as to conveyance by road.
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1. The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the conveyance of petroleum spirit by road, and in particular for declaring or regulating any of the following matters; that is to say,—
(1) Regulating the description and construction of carriages to be used in the conveyance by road of petroleum spirit as merchandise; and
§ Powers of inspectors.
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4. A Government inspector shall have power to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether this Act is complied with, and for that purpose,—
(1) he may enter, inspect, and examine at all reasonable times by day any licensed premises, and every part thereof, and any premises in which any petroleum spirit is kept, or is suspected by him to be kept; and
§ LORD DESBOROUGH moved, in paragraph 1 (1), to leave out "as merchandise." The noble Lord said: This is a drafting Amendment and I beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 14, line 10, leave out ("as merchandise")—(Lord Desborough.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ LORD DESBOROUGH moved, in paragraph 4 (1), after "kept," where that word secondly occurs, to insert "in contravention of this Act." The noble Lord said: This is a drafting Amendment and has the object of making the paragraph clearer. I beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 17, line 18, after the second ("kept") insert ("in contravention of this Act").—(Lord Desborough.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Third Schedule, as amended, agreed to.
§ Fourth Schedule: