NON-ESSENTIAL BUILDINGS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3532, 21 July 1920, Page 2

NON-ESSENTIAL BUILDINGS.

j INFIUNGEMFNT OF REGULATIONS ( WELLINGTON, July 1!). ( I ' i 'J'he Board of Trade states lb.', it j j has reason to believe that some per- , | sons engaged in the mstriDuuon of , ( cement, bricks and timber are inf ringj ing tlie regulations recently gazetted ( j for the purposes of preventing the use lof such materials for non-essential building operations. The Board trill press tor the prosecution of such offenders, who are liable to a fine up < to £2OO 'or to imprisonment up to three < months. Fersons particularly affected by these regulations are tnose who supply direct to building contractors and other users. Responsibility is on the ultimate supplier to ascertain whether the materials ordered arc to be used for work for which authority has been obtained under the regulations, which apply to all works of which the completed cost oxcecffs £2O. authorities throughout the Domimoimra v e been authorised to issue permit?- foi jdw ell i ugh oases and essential farm j buildings within their districts. -implications for other kinds of buildings must bo also lodged with the local authority, which will forward them on through the local inspectors of factories to the Board of Trade for its consideration and decision.