Nov. 11.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2903

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.

10. (1.) The sum to be paid under subsection (2) of section 26 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; and such sum, but not the said interest, shall for the purposes of the Act form part of and be computed as part of his contributions to the Fund:

Provided that the minimum payment on account of interest shall in no case be less than ten shillings:

Provided further that if the option has not been 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, an amount equal to the difference between the compensation to which he would have been entitled on the 30th June, 1908, and the amount of compensation at date when he becomes a contributor. In the case of claims arising under section 32 (f) of “The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908,” it shall be a condition that no greater payment out of the Fund shall be made than if the officer had become a contributor on the 30th day of June, 1908.

11. All persons who are first employed hereafter 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 being made permanent.

12. In respect of persons applying to join the Fund under section 26 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 26, 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.

13. The head of each Department shall supply the Secretary to the Board with a statement showing the rate of salary or wages, annual or otherwise, 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, and in like manner shall report when the salary of a contributor is reduced by reason of age or infirmity, and shall supply such further information as the Secretary to the Board may require.

14. (1.) It shall be the duty of the head of every Department to notify the Secretary to the Board forthwith of every permanent appointment hereafter made in his Department, 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;

Position;

Date of appointment—temporary, ; permanent, ;

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 29 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.

15. The head of every Department shall notify the Secretary to the Board of any transfer and of the date thereof, and supply any other particulars required.

16. Any contributor having a break in his service and claiming to count continuous service in the terms of section 49 of “The Public