APRIL 3.]

Regulations under the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, as to
the Appointment or Election of Members of the Plumbers Board of New Zealand.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1913.
Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS it is provided by section three of the Plum-bers Registration Act, 1912 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), that the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand shall consist of the following members, namely:
(a.) The Chief Health Officer for the time being;
(b.) The Inspector-General of Schools for the time being;
(c.) A person for the time being holding in New Zealand the position of Engineer to a Borough Council or Drainage Board, who shall be appointed by the Governor; and
(d.) Two persons being respectively a master plumber and a journeyman plumber, who shall be elected by their respective federated associations:
And whereas it is further provided by the said section that appointments under paragraph (c) shall be made, and that elections under paragraph (d) shall be held, in the manner prescribed by regulations in that behalf: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations accordingly for the purposes of such appointments and elections respectively:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said 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 for the purposes aforesaid.
REGULATIONS.
APPOINTMENT TO PLUMBERS' BOARD OF A PERSON HOLDING THE POSITION OF ENGINEER TO A BOROUGH COUNCIL OR DRAINAGE BOARD.

1. (1.) As soon as practicable after the publication of these regulations in the Gazette, and thereafter from time to time as a vacancy occurs by effluxion of time in the seat of a member appointed under paragraph (c) of section three of the said Act, or within one month of the occurrence of such a vacancy, the Chief Health Officer shall forward to the Council of every borough having a population of over 5,000 inhabitants, and to every Drainage Board (within the meaning of the said Act), a notice requesting the nomination by that Council or Board of some person (holding in New Zealand the position of Engineer to a Borough Council or Drainage Board) as a member of the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand.
   (2.) Every such notice shall be in the form in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.
   (3.) All such nominations shall be made by resolution of the Borough Council or Drainage Board, and a certified copy of the resolution shall forthwith be transmitted to the Chief Health Officer, together with the written consent of the person so nominated to act as a member of the Board in the event of his appointment.
   (4.) Nominations shall be deemed to be closed on a day to be specified in that behalf in the notice forwarded by the Chief Health Officer as hereinbefore provided.
   (5.) All valid nominations received by the Chief Health Officer on or before that date shall be forthwith submitted to the Governor for his consideration, and the Governor may appoint from the persons so nominated such person as he thinks fit to act as a member of the Plumbers' Board.
   ELECTION OF MEMBER OF PLUMBERS' BOARD BY THE FEDERATED ASSOCIATIONS OF MASTER PLUMBERS AND OF JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS RESPECTIVELY.
2. (1.) The federated association of master plumbers and the federated association of journeymen plumbers respectively shall, as soon as practicable after the publication of these regulations in the Gazette, and thereafter from time to time as a vacancy occurs by effluxion of time in the seat of their representative on the Plumbers' Board, or within one month of the occurrence of such a vacancy, elect one person (being a master plumber or a journeyman plumber, as the case may be) to act as a member of the said Board.
   (2.) Every such election shall be conducted in accordance with the following rules, namely:
   (a.) The said associations shall forward to every union affiliated with them respectively a notice requesting

each such union to nominate, on or before a day to be specified in the notice, one person (being a master plumber or a journeyman plumber, as the case may be) for the purpose of the election of a member of the said Board.
(b.) The union may by resolution nominate such person, and shall transmit to the association, on or before the date specified in the notice requesting nominations, the name and address of the person so nominated, together with his consent to act on the Board in the event of his election thereto; and shall at the same time notify the association of the total number of the members of the union qualified to vote at meetings thereof.
(c.) As soon as practicable after the date fixed for the closing of nominations the association shall transmit to each affiliated union as many ballot-papers as there are members of the union qualified to vote, together with an envelope for each such ballot-paper, addressed to the president of the association, and marked on the outside with the words "Ballot-paper." Every such ballot-paper shall contain the names and addresses of every person nominated and consenting to act, and shall also set forth:
(i.) Directions how to vote;
(ii.) The date of the closing of the ballot;
(iii.) A direction to transmit the ballot-paper, when completed, to the president of the association.
(d.) Forthwith upon the receipt of the ballot-papers as aforesaid, the union shall cause one ballot-paper (together with an envelope addressed as aforesaid) to be delivered to each of its members entitled to vote.
(e.) The voter shall strike out the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote by drawing a line through the name with a pen or pencil. If no name is left uncancelled, or if more than one name is left uncancelled, on the said ballot-paper, the ballot-paper shall be deemed to be invalid.
(f.) As soon as practicable after the closing of the ballot, the president of the association shall convene a meeting thereof, and the association shall before or at such meeting appoint some independent person as Returning Officer for the purpose of counting the votes. The said votes shall be counted by the Returning Officer in the presence of such of the members of the association as choose to be present.
(g.) The person who receives the largest number of votes at any such ballot shall be deemed to be elected a member of the Board by the association.
(h.) If at any ballot under these regulations two or more persons receive an equal number of votes, the Returning Officer shall, if necessary, decide by lot which of them is to be deemed to be elected a member of the Board.
(i.) Forthwith upon the completion of the election the president shall, by writing under his hand, transmit to the Chief Health Officer at Wellington the name, address, and occupation of the person elected.
(3.) An election under these regulations shall not be deemed to be invalid because of any informality in the proceedings or failure to fully observe the conditions of these regulations, and the notice of the result of the election under the hand of the president shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of such election.
SCHEDULE.
Notice requesting Nominations for Appointment of a Member of the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand.
To the Clerk [or Secretary] of the Borough Council [or Drainage Board].
In pursuance of the provisions of the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, and of the regulations thereunder, the [Name of Borough Council or Drainage Board, as the case may be] is required to nominate a member of the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand, to be appointed by the Governor.
The person so nominated must hold the position of Engineer to some Borough Council or Drainage Board in New Zealand. Nominations will close at five o'clock in the afternoon of the day of , 19 , and a certified copy of the resolution of the Council [or Board] should reach me at Wellington on or before that date, together with the written consent of the person so nominated to act as a member of the said Board in the event of his appointment.
Dated at Wellington this day of ,19 .
Chief Health Officer.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council