Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 897

Regulations under the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1907.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations under and for the purposes of the Act.

REGULATIONS.

THE BOARD.

1. All meetings of the Board shall be held in Wellington.
2. Ordinary meetings shall be held quarterly, on the second Tuesday in January, April, July, and October.
3. Special meetings may be held at such times as the Board considers necessary.
4. At all meetings the Chairman shall have a deliberative as well as a casting vote.
5. The Board shall keep a correct record of the business transacted at its meetings.
6. Every member of the Board shall receive notice of the business to be transacted at the ordinary meetings at least one week prior to the date of any such meeting, and a notice concerning the business to be transacted at any special meeting at least three days prior to the holding of such meeting.
7. Members of the Board shall not be entitled to or be paid any remuneration for their services as members, but shall, whilst travelling on the business of the Board, be entitled to travelling-allowance in accordance with the scale prescribed by the regulations for the time being in force relating to officers travelling on the public service.
8. Every member shall be allowed by the head of his Department such special leave (exclusive of any leave which he might otherwise be entitled to), as will be necessary to enable him to attend all meetings of the Board.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.

9. (1.) The sum to be paid under subsection (3) of section 10 of the Act by any person who becomes a contributor to the Fund under the provisions of that subsection shall be a sum equal to the total contributions he would have paid up to the date when he becomes a contributor had he elected to become a contributor on the 30th June, 1908, plus interest thereon computed at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum compounded in accordance with the Public Trust Office Regulations:

Provided that if the option is not exercised on or before the 30th June, 1909, the Board may require the person to be medically examined, and prescribe such other conditions as may be deemed necessary before admitting him as a contributor, and such person shall be deemed to be a contributor from the 30th June, 1908.

(2.) In the case of any such person being entitled under “The Civil Service Act, 1866,” to receive compensation for loss of office there shall, in addition to the sum to be paid by him under subclause (1) hereof, be paid into the Fund, when the same becomes payable, the amount of compensation which would otherwise be payable to such contributor or his representatives for the period between the 30th day of June, 1908, and the date when he becomes a contributor.

10. All persons who are first employed on or after the 1st January, 1908, in permanent positions on probation under agreement that, if their appointment is made permanent it is to date from the time of their entering the Service shall become contributors as from the date of their appointment on probation. If the appointment is not made permanent the contributions will be refunded on the termination of the service on probation, but without interest.

11. In respect of persons applying to join the Fund under section 10 of the Act, it shall be the duty of the head of every Department to satisfy himself that each such person is eligible to join the Fund under section 10, and that the date of birth and length of continuous service given in the application for enrolment are correct, and to furnish a certificate to the Secretary to the Board accordingly, setting forth the correct particulars in any case where these are incorrectly given.

12. The head of each Department shall supply the Secretary to the Board with a statement showing the annual salary of each contributor in his Department at the date of joining the Fund, and shall also advise the Secretary to the Board immediately the salary of a contributor is altered, giving particulars of alteration, and date from which it takes effect.

13. (1.) It shall be the duty of the head of every Department to notify the Secretary to the Board of each person in his Department who becomes a contributor under section 11 of the Act, giving the following particulars (as to the correctness of which he shall first satisfy himself) in regard to each such person:—

Full name;
Date of birth;
Name of Department;
Date of appointment;
Salary per annum;
Whether bachelor, spinster, husband, wife, widower, or widow;
Date of birth of wife (if living);
Date of birth of each child then living and under the age of fourteen years.

(2.) In each such case it shall be the duty of the head of the Department to make the proper deduction provided for under section 12 of the Act, and the Controller and Auditor-General shall not pass the salary of any such officer unless the deduction is made. This regulation shall also apply to all payments of salaries in advance.

14. The Secretary to the Board shall keep a register of contributors, setting forth in regard to each contributor,—

Registered number;
Name;
Department;
Date of joining Fund;
Section of Act under which joined;
Date of birth;
Rate of contribution;
Other benefits to which entitled;
Remarks.

15. (1.) All payments made to the Public Trustee to the credit of the Fund on account of contributors’ contributions shall be accompanied by a detailed schedule, signed by the officer making the payment, and setting forth in respect of each contributor concerned the following particulars:—

Registered number;
Name;
Department;
Amount of contribution.

(2.) On receipt of any such payment the Public Trustee shall forthwith place the amount to the credit of the Fund, and forward the schedule, with his receipt for the total amount indorsed at foot thereof, direct to the Secretary to the Board.

(3.) The Public Trustee shall similarly indorse and forward to the Secretary to the Board advices received, with payments under sections 32 and 33 of the Act, and shall also advise the Secretary to the Board whenever any interest is credited to the Fund, and the amount of such interest.

16. Every contributor whose pay is temporarily stopped owing to ill health, or who is on leave of absence without pay, shall,—

(a.) Contribute to the Fund monthly so long as his pay is stopped at one-third of the rate otherwise payable by him, and thereafter at the ordinary rate of contribution; or

(b.) Cease to contribute to the Fund while his pay is so stopped, and thereafter contribute by way of deduction from pay an additional amount equal to one-third of his ordinary contribution for a period as long as that during which his pay was so stopped.

17. (1.) The head of a Department shall report to the Board whenever the salary of a contributor employed in his Department is temporarily stopped on account of ill health, and again when payment thereof is resumed. He shall also similarly report as to a contributor on leave of absence without salary.

(2.) In each case he shall state under which paragraph of the preceding regulation the contributor has elected to contribute.

18. In the event of a contributor who has retired from the public service on a retiring-allowance being re-employed as provided for under subsection (1) or (2) of section 20 of the Act, it shall be the duty of the head of the Department in which he is re-employed to immediately report the same to the Secretary to the Board, giving full particulars as to such re-employment (period, remuneration, &c.).

19. It shall be the duty of the Public Trustee to furnish the Secretary to the Board with a return of all contributors having moneys placed to their credit under subsections (1) and (2) of section 14 of the Act, setting forth the name of the contributor, Department, and amount placed to credit, and the Secretary shall duly record the same.