An Act to amend the Scaffolding Inspection Acts, 1907 and 1908, and for other purposes. BE it [Assented to, December 24th, 1924.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Scaffolding Inspection Act Short titles. Amendment Act, 1924." (2) The Scaffolding Inspection Acts, 1907 and 1908, and this Act may be cited together as the "Scaffolding Inspection Acts, 1907 to 1924." (3) The Scaffolding Inspection Act, 1907, is hereinafter referred No. 935 of 1907. to as "the principal Act.' 2. Section 3 of the principal Act is further amended by inserting Amendment of therein the following definition : Hoisting appliance" means any appliance used for hoisting purposes in erecting, demolishing, altering, repairing, cleaning, painting, or carrying on any other kind of work in connection with any building. 3. Section 5 of the principal Act is further amended principal Act, s. 3. Hoisting appliance. Amendment of ibid., s. 5 Notice of erection of (a) by striking out the words "or gear" inserted in the first (b) by inserting after the word "intention" in the third line 1646 (c) by Amendment of ibid., s. 6 Compliance with regulations. Amendment of ibid., s. 7 Powers of an inspector. Amendment of ibid., s. 9 Regulations. Amendment of 951, 1908, s. 5 Accidents to be reported. Amendment of ibid., s. 6~~~ Inquiry and report by inspector. Amendment of ibid., s. 7 Inquiry into cause of accident. Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment Act.-1924. (c) by striking out the words "or gear" inserted in the last line of subsection (2) thereof by section 4 of the Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment Act, 1908. 4. Section 6 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word "therewith therewith" in the first line thereof "and all hoisting appliances". 5. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended (a) by inserting after the word "therewith" in the third line thereof the words "or of any hoisting appliance"; (b) by inserting after the word "therewith" in the fifth line thereof the words "or any hoisting appliance"; (c) by inserting after the word "gear" in the ninth line thereof the words "or hoisting appliance"; (d) by inserting after the word “ and (e) by inserting after the word "gear" in the sixth line of subsection (4) thereof the words "or any hoisting appliance". 6. Section 9 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) thereof the following subsection: (1A) The Governor may by regulation prescribe the fees payable pursuant to section 5. 7. Section 5 of the Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment Act, 1908, is amended (a) by inserting after the word " gear" in the second line thereof the words "or any hoisting appliance"; (b) by inserting after the word "gear" in the third line thereof (c) by inserting after the word "gear" in the penultimate line 8. Section 6 of the Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment Act, 1908, is amended by inserting after the word "gear" in the sixth line thereof the words "or hoisting appliance". 9. Section 7 of the Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment Act, 1908, is amended by inserting after the word "gear" in the first line thereof the words "or to any hoisting appliance". In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to TOM BRIDGES, Governor. Adelaide: By authority, R. E. E. ROGERS, Government Printer, North Terrace. An Act to further amend the Prison Acts, 1869 to 1915, and for other purposes. [Assented to, December 24th, 1924.] E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as BE it follows: 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Prison Act Further Short titles. Amendment Act, 1924." (2) The Prison Acts, 1869 to 1915, and this Act may be cited together as the "Prison Acts, 1869 to 1924." (3) The Prison Act, 1869, is hereinafter referred to as "the prin- No. 12 of 1869-70. cipal Act." other Acts. 2. This Act is incorporated with the other Acts mentioned in Incorporation with section 1 of this Act, and those Acts and this Act shall be read as one Act. 3. Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by adding thereto the following subsection, the preceding part of the said section being read as subsection (1) thereof: (2) Every sentence imposed upon any prisoner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be carried out or served before the expiration of the term of imprisonment which the prisoner was actually serving when the sentence was imposed, and shall be carried out or served immediately after it is imposed or as soon thereafter as possible, subject to any direction or order of the Court imposing the sentence. 1647 4. Section Amendment of ibid., 8. 20 Removal of prisoners. Amendment of ibid., s. 22 Escape of prisoners to be felony. Amendment of ibid., 8. 25— Prison Act Further Amendment Act.-1924. 4. Section 20 of the principal Act (as amended by section 5 of the Prison Act Amendment Act, 1912,) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection (the preceding part of the said section being read as subsection (1) thereof): (2) The Sheriff may remove any prisoner to any place beyond the precincts of the prison to which he is confined for the purpose of visiting any near relative of the prisoner whom the Sheriff believes to be dying, or for any other purpose which the Sheriff thinks sufficient. Notwithstanding such removal the prisoner shall be deemed to be still within the limits of such prison. 5. Section 22 of the principal Act is amended by adding thereto the following subsection, the preceding part of the said section being read as subsection (1) thereof: (2) Every sentence imposed upon any prisoner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be carried out or served before the expiration of the term of imprisonment which the prisoner was actually serving when the sentence was imposed, and shall be carried out or served immediately after it is imposed or as soon thereafter as possible, subject to any direction or order of the Court imposing the sentence. 6. Section 25 of the principal Act is amended by adding thereto the following subsection, the preceding part of the said section ing to escape guilty being read as subsection (1) thereof :— Offenders attempt of felony. Amendment of ibid., 8.32 Time for discharge of prisoner No appeal from orders under ss. 35 and 36 of principal Act. No. 1479 of 1921. (2) Every sentence imposed upon any prisoner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be carried out or served before the expiration of the term of imprisonment which the prisoner was actually serving when the sentence was imposed, and shall be carried out or served immediately after it is imposed, or as soon thereafter as possible, subject to any direction or order of the Court imposing the sentence. 7. Section 32 of the principal Act (as amended by section 6 of the Prison Act Amendment Act, 1912,) is further amended— (a) by inserting after the word "Friday" in the fourth line thereof the following passage:-", but if the prisoner is confined for a term of imprisonment exceeding three months and the term of his imprisonment would law. fully expire at any time between Christmas Day or the day after New Year's Day, the prisoner shall be entitled to his discharge on the day preceding Christmas Day"; and 66 (b) by inserting after the word "days" in the sixth line thereof the passage or in the case of a prisoner confined for a term of imprisonment exceeding twelve months, the two months 8. There shall be no appeal from any order imposing any term of punishment upon any prisoner under section 35 or section 36 of the principal Act, and sections 162 and 163 of the Justices Act, 1921, shall not apply to any such order. 9. (1) The Motor Vehicles Act.-1924. (2) The provisions of the principal Act relating to the assignment of general identification numbers shall after the commencement of this Act, and until the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, have effect subject to the following paragraphs:— (a) Where the Registrar is satisfied that any manufacturer or dealer applying for one or more general identification numbers is a person to whom one or more general identification numbers were assigned before the eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the Registrar shall, without payment of any fee, assign to such manufacturer or dealer the same general identification number or numbers as in the opinion of the Registrar was or were previously assigned to such manufacturer or dealer: (b) The Registrar before assigning any general identification number under the next preceding paragraph may require the manufacturer or dealer applying as aforesaid to make a statutory declaration or produce such other evidence as the Registrar may require to prove that the number was previously assigned to the said manufacturer or dealer. 5. (1) The Registrar shall forward to every person on whose application he has registered a motor vehicle between the tenth day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and the date of the commencement of this Act, and shall issue to every person who registers a motor vehicle on or after the date of the commencement of this Act and not later than the twenty-eighth day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, an acknowledgment in writing specifying the name of the registered owner of the motor vehicle, the number of the motor vehicle, the number of the engine thereof, and the date of registration. Every acknowledgment shall be written or printed on a piece of paper, cardboard, or cloth of such a kind as to be easily affixed to some conspicuous part of a motor vehicle. (2) The Registrar shall issue to any person who has received an acknowledgment of registration under this section, and who satisfies the Registrar that the same has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate acknowledgment of registration containing the same particulars as the original. A duplicate acknowledgment of registration shall be of the same force and effect as an original. (3) It shall be the duty of the driver of every motor vehicle when requested by a member of the Police Force, at any time during the month of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, to produce and show to such member the acknowledgment of registration issued in respect of such motor vehicle, and every person who fails to comply with any such request shall be guilty of an offence against this Act Provided that no driver of a motor vehicle shall be guilty of an offence under this section if he produces the acknowledgment within forty-eight hours of the making of the request. 6. No Issue of acknow. ledgments of registration and duty of drivers with respect thereto. |