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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Provided that the roll of assurers for the year 1895 may be
made in the month of February instant, or as soon there-
after as conveniently may be.

Head of department to inform Chairman of death or retirement of
assured officers. Assurance to cease six months thereafter.

9. Whenever any officer whose name is on the roll of
   assurers shall die, retire, or be removed from the office in
   respect of which he is guaranteed, notice of the date of such
   death, retirement, or removal shall be transmitted to the
   Chairman of the Board by the permanent head of the
   department in which such officer last served; and the
   liability of such officer as an assurer shall from and after
   the date specified in such notice cease and determine; but
   the liability of the persons on the roll of assurers as respects
   the fidelity of such officer up to the date of his death,
   retirement, or removal shall continue only for six months
   after the date of such death, retirement, or removal.

Appendix to roll of assurers.

10. On receipt by the Board of any notice of appointment,
    increase of salary, transfer, death, retirement, or removal as
    aforesaid, the particulars given in such notice shall forth-
    with be inserted in an appendix to the roll of assurers of the
    year to which the alterations relate, and such appendix shall
    be deemed part of the said roll.

Notice to officer assured.

11. So soon as the name of any officer is placed on the
    roll of assurers, notice to that effect shall be transmitted to
    him by the Chairman, specifying the amount for which he
    is assured; but the non-receipt of such notice shall not
    relieve the officer of his liability as an assurer.

Persons on roll of assurers liable to pay for defalcations.

12. The persons whose names shall from time to time
    appear on the roll of assurers on the date of the notice of
    defalcation prescribed in clause 15 of these regulations shall
    be the persons liable to pay the sum required by the Board
    to make good any defalcation.

Share of defalcation to be paid by each officer.

13. The amount to be paid by each officer shall bear the
    same proportion to the amount required to make good any
    defalcation as the sum for which he is assured shall bear to
    the total sum assured: Provided always that the amount to
    be made good shall in no case exceed the sum for which the
    defaulter is assured; and, also, that the liability of the
    assurers shall only extend to losses occasioned by the act or
    acts of the defaulter himself, and which is or are provided
    for by subsection (3) of section 4 of the said Act.

Head of department to notify Chairman of amount of defalcation
by officer of his department.

14. Whenever any defalcation by an assurer shall have
    taken place, and the amount of such defalcation shall have
    been determined, a notice of such amount, certified to by the
    Controller and Auditor-General, shall be sent by the perma-
    ment head of the department in which the default shall
    have occurred to the Chairman of the Board, and such
    notice shall state whether any and what amount of salary or
    other moneys payable to the defaulter is in the hands of the
    Government.

Board to assess rate per cent. to cover default, and to notify same
in Gazette.

15. On receipt of any such notice of defalcation the Chair-
    man shall forthwith call a meeting of the Board, and the
    Board shall thereupon proceed to assess upon the total sum
    assured the rate per cent. required to cover the sum in default.

Notice to authorise deduction from salaries of assurers to meet de-
fault. Deduction not to exceed 5 per cent. per month of salary.

A notice, signed by the Chairman of the Board, shall then
be published in the New Zealand Gazette, specifying the
name of the officer who has made default, the department
in which he was serving, the amount and nature of the
defalcation, and the rate per cent. on the sum assured
required to be levied; such notice shall be binding on
each and every person assured to the extent of the par-
ticulars contained therein, and shall be sufficient to autho-
rise the deduction of the sum payable by each officer from
any salary or other moneys to which he may then or at any
time thereafter be entitled: Provided that the sum so to be
deducted shall not in any one month exceed 5 per cent. on
the amount of salary payable for that month; and any sum
remaining unpaid in one month shall be deducted from the
salary payable for the succeeding month or months.

Paymaster-General to recover from assurers amount for which
each is liable. Civil Service Officers' Guarantee Account.

16. Immediately after publication of the Gazette notice
    aforesaid the Chairman shall forward to the Paymaster-
    General a schedule showing the amounts recoverable from
    all assurers. The Paymaster-General shall thereupon recover
    out of any moneys payable to the assurers specified the
    amount for which each is liable, and shall pay the amount
    to an account at the bank to be called the "Civil Service
    Officers' Guarantee Account," from which account money
    shall be withdrawn from time to time by cheques signed by
    the Chairman and countersigned by one other member duly
    authorised by the Board.

One-fortieth part of defalcation to be paid by Colonial Treasurer.

17. Whenever any defalcation shall have taken place, and
    a notice of call shall have been published in the Gazette as
    aforesaid, the Colonial Treasurer shall, on the application
    of the Chairman, pay to the Civil Service Officers' Gua-
    rantee Account at the bank a sum equal to one-fortieth
    part of the total amount of such call, as provided by section
    6 of the before-mentioned Act.

Moneys due to defaulter to be paid to Guarantee Account.

18. All moneys legally payable by the Government to any
    defaulter by way of salary or otherwise shall be paid to the
    Civil Service Officers' Guarantee Account at the bank at
    which, for the time being, the Public Account is kept,
    and shall be applied in reduction of the amount recoverable
    in respect of such default.

Total assessment, when collected, to be paid to the Public Account.

19. So soon as the total assessment has been collected,
    together with the contribution from the Colonial Treasurer,
    the Chairman of the Board shall pay to the Public Account
    the amount for which the defaulter was assured, or so much
    thereof as may be required to make good the defalcation as
    aforesaid, and shall advise the permanent head of the depart-
    ment in which the default occurred that such payment has
    been made, and shall forward to the Receiver-General a bank
    receipt for the sum paid in, together with a memorandum of
    particulars relating thereto.

Moneys received from defaulter to be paid to Board's account.

20. All moneys received by the Government from any de-
    faulter shall be paid to the credit of the Civil Service Officers'
    Guarantee Account as aforesaid, and the Chairman of the
    Board shall be duly notified of the particulars of such pay-
    ment; but if recovered before any calls have been made
    in respect of the defalcation the claim of the Government
    on the assurers shall be reduced by the amount of the moneys
    so recovered, and such moneys shall not be paid to the
    credit of the bank account as aforesaid; but if recovered
    after the call shall have been made, then the moneys so
    recovered shall remain at the credit of the Civil Service
    Officers' Guarantee Account, and shall be applied in reduc-
    tion of the amount to be made good in respect of the next
    subsequent defalcation.

Excess of assessment to be applied in reduction of subsequent
defalcation.

21. In case there shall be any balance remaining after
    making good the amount of defalcation as aforesaid such
    balance shall remain at credit of the Civil Service Officers'
    Guarantee Account, and shall be applied in reduction of the
    amount to be made good in respect of the next subsequent
    defalcation.

Board's accounts. Audit of same.

22. The Board shall keep proper accounts of all sums
    received and paid by it; and an abstract of such accounts,
    signed by the Chairman, and supported by appropriate
    vouchers, shall be transmitted during the month of January
    in each year for examination by the Controller and Auditor-
    General, who shall return the same with such remarks as he
    may think necessary.

Confidential reports.

23. The Board may receive and consider confidential
    reports and communications on matters which concern the
    integrity of any officer, and act therein as may seem expe-
    dient.

To whom Regulations apply.

Exemptions.

24. These regulations shall apply to every officer in the
    Civil Service of the colony within the meaning of any Act
    for the time being in force relating to such service, whether
    appointed before or after the passing of the said Act, except
    as provided by section 2 thereof; and the following officers
    and classes of officers of the Civil Service, to whom it is
    considered these regulations should not apply, are hereby
    exempted from the operation thereof, that is to say,--

The Governor's Establishment.

The Solicitor-General.

The Assistant Law Officer.

The Law Draftsman.

The Secretary to Cabinet.

Officers employed in the working, management, control,
or supervision of all railways now or hereafter in any
manner vested in Her Majesty the Queen.

Lighthouse-keepers and their assistants.

Officers serving outside the limits of the Colony of New
Zealand.

Nor shall these regulations apply to any Member of the
Executive Council, to the bank appointed under "The Public
Revenues Act, 1891," or any officer of such bank, nor to any
officer of the Civil Service whose salary is less than one
hundred pounds per annum.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.