942GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. [28 February, 1964.

942 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. [28 February, 1964. ALSATIAN DOG ACT, 1962. Department of Agriculture, South Perth, 17th February, 1964. of the Alsatian Dog Act, 1962, has been pleased to make the regulations set forth in the schedule hereunder. T. C. DUNNE, Director of Agriculture. Principal 1. In these regulations, the Alsatian Dog Regulations, 1963, regulations. made under the provisions of the Alsatian Dog Act, 1962, and published in the Government Gazette on the 5th November, 1963, are referred to as the principal regulations. Regulation 9 2. The principal regulations are amended by adding after added. regulation 8 the following regulation:- 9. (1) The keeper of an Alsatian dog of which the identification tag has been lost or so impaired as to render the inscription thereon illegible shall, forthwith after learning of that occurrence, make application to the Chief Vermin Control Officer for the issue of a substitute identi- fication tag; and the Protection Board, on being satisfied as to the bona fides of the application, shall, on payment of a fee of ten shillings, cause a substitute to be issued, subject to any conditions it may see fit to impose. (2) A person who falsely represents to the Protection Board, to any of its officers or to an authorised person that an identification tag is lost, commits an offence. Regulation 20 added. 3. The principal regulations are amended by adding after regulation 19 the following regulation:- 20. (1) The holder of a permit issued under regulation 19 shall, unless he is the holder of a dealer's permit, within seven days after the introduction into the State of the dog to which the permit relates, make an application for a permit to keep the dog, as prescribed by regulation 4. (2) For the purposes of an application made pursuant to this regulation, the amount of one pound paid to the Protection Board under regulation 18 is deemed to be a prepayment made in part satisfaction of the amount payable under regulation 4. TAXI-CARS (CO-ORDINATION AND CONTROL) ACT, 1963. Department of Transport, HIS Excellency the Governor in Executive Council, acting under the pro- visions of the Interpretation Act, 1918-1962, and of the Taxi-cars (Co-ordination and Control) Act, 1963, has been pleased to make the regulations set out in the schedule hereunder, to have effect on and after the 1st day of March, 1964. W. H. HOWARD, Commissioner of Transport.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Taxi Control Board (Elections) Regulations, 1964.
2. In these regulations, "the Act" means the Taxi-cars (Co-ordination and Control) Act, 1963, and "the Association" means the body known as the W.A. Taxi Operators' Association and mentioned in the Act.

28 February, 1964.] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. 943 3. (1) Every election of members of the Board, pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 5 of the Act shall be conducted by the State Chief Electoral Officer, or his substitute, appointed under the Electoral Act, 1907, who shall be the returning officer for that purpose. (2) The returning officer may appoint such officers as he considers neces- sary to assist him in the conduct of an election. 4. (1) The returning officer shall be paid fifty per centum of the fees pre- scribed by regulations made under the Electoral Act, 1907, as amended, for returning officers at parliamentary elections; and the officers employed by him shall, while engaged on the scrutiny and count of votes, be paid for their services the fees prescribed for similar duties by those regulations for presiding officers, at parliamentary elections. (2) Officers employed by the returning officer in the preparation and distribution of voting material shall be paid at the rate prescribed by regula- tions made under the Electoral Act, 1907, as amended, for presiding officers engaged on the scrutiny and count of votes. 5. (1) For the purpose of the first election of members of the Board the returning officer shall fix a day to be the nomination day and cause a notice, in the form of Form No. 1 in the schedule to these regulations, to be published in the Government Gazette and in a daily newspaper circulating in the control area. (2) The day fixed as nomination day shall be one not less than fourteen days, nor more than thirty days, after the later of the publications of the notice. 6. (1) For the purpose of every subsequent election of a member or members of the Board, the Commissioner shall, not less than three months prior to the expiration of the term of the office of an elected member, and not less than fourteen days after the occurrence of a casual vacancy in the office of elected member, direct the returning officer to fix a day to be the nomination day and the returning officer shall thereupon fix a nomination day and cause a notice of the day to be published as provided by regulation 5 of these regulations. (2) The day fixed as nomination day under this regulation shall be not less than twenty-one days, nor more than forty-five days after the later of the publications of the notice. 7. Every election day shall be not less than twenty-one days, nor more than forty-five days, after the nomination day. 8. A person is not eligible for nomination as a candidate for election to the Board (a) if he is a member of the Association; or (b) unless he- (i) is the owner of a taxi-car or private taxi-car; or (ii) holds a driver's license appropriate to a taxi-car or private taxi-car, issued under the law of the State, and has held such a license for a period of, or periods amounting in the aggregate to, not less than two years. 9. (1) Prior to each nomination day of which notice has been given pursuant to regulation 5 or 6 of these regulations, the Commissioner shall obtain (a) from the Association, a nominal roll, which the Association shall certify and furnish, of the persons who are members of the Association as at the seventh day immediately preceding the nomination day; and (b) from the Commissioner of Police, a composite list setting out the names and addresses of all persons who are- (i) the owners of taxi-cars or private taxi-cars; or (ii) holders of a driver's license applicable to a taxi-car or private taxi-car, as at the seventh day immediately preceding the nomination day, but so that no name appears twice in the list. (2) The Commissioner shall strike out of the list, mentioned in paragraph (b), the name of every person appearing in the nominal roll, mentioned in paragraph (a), of subregulation (1) of this regulation, and shall furnish to