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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

To each member entitled to overtime and with
ten years or over continuous service since date of last
appointment—for each continuous year’s service,
nine working-days in each calendar year.

(c.) To each member not entitled to overtime and with
less than ten years’ continuous service since last
appointed—for each continuous year’s service, nine
working-days in each calendar year.

(d.) To each member not entitled to overtime and with
ten years’ or over continuous service since last
appointed, twelve working-days in each calendar
year.

Such leave shall in each case be in addition to the four
Departmental holidays—Christmas Day, Good Friday,
Labour Day, and Sovereign’s birthday, or days in lieu thereof:
Provided, however, that in every case where any member
is relieved from duty on any of the Departmental days, such
day or days shall not be added to the annual leave.

84. No member shall be entitled to claim leave of absence as
    a right. All such leave shall be granted at the option of
    the General Manager, and be subject to good behaviour and
    satisfactory conduct of the member, and may be refused or
    reduced in cases where the General Manager considers such
    action necessary.

85. No member who fails to avail himself of the annual leave
    when due shall be entitled to a more lengthened leave in any
    subsequent year.

86. The Minister may, on the recommendation of the General
    Manager, grant to any member with at least ten years’ service
    twelve months’ leave of absence, and to any member
    with less than ten years’ service, not exceeding six months’
    leave of absence: Provided that any annual increment or
    promotion becoming due during such absence shall be de-
    ferred, and date from the time the member resumes duty.

87. Subject to the production of a satisfactory certificate
    from a medical practitioner, or a copy of such certificate
    attested by an officer of a friendly society under conditions
    laid down in Regulation No. 34, the General Manager may
    grant to any member in the First Division absent from duty
    owing to illness leave as follows :—

88. In special cases where the member has not recovered
    from his illness, further extension may be granted as follows :—

89. No member who has been absent from duty on sick-
    leave for any period exceeding three months shall be allowed
    to resume duty until the Railway Medical Officer certifies
    that he is fit to do so.

90. The period of sick-leave provided for under the fore-
    going regulation may be granted at one or more times,
    but shall in each case be regarded as the maximum sick-
    leave permitted for a period of three years commencing
    from the date of the first absence on sick-leave.

91. Application for sick-leave shall in all cases be forwarded
    through the usual departmental channel. The member under
    whom the applicant is employed shall forward the application
    to the District Officer, reporting at the same time whether,
    as a result of his inquiries and knowledge, he is satisfied as to
    the bona fides of the case. The provisions of Regulations
    Nos. 34 and 87 shall apply to sick-leave granted under this
    regulation.

92. Every member shall immediately report any case coming
    to his knowledge where a member or other person obtains
    sick-leave without justifiable cause, or remains off duty after
    he is fit to resume. Any member or other person who so
    obtains sick-leave, absents himself from duty on the plea of
    sickness, or fails to return to duty as soon as he is fit, will be
    liable to dismissal or such other punishment as the General
    Manager may determine.

93. No pay will be granted in cases where the sickness or
    ill health is shown to have been caused by the misconduct
    of the person concerned.

94. Any member in the Second Division (other than an
    apprentice) incapacitated through accident sustained in the
    execution of his duty will be paid in accordance with the
    Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, and its amendments.

95. Apprentices will be paid for shop holidays and when
    absent from duty with permission; they will also be paid
    during absence from duty through illness or accident, pro-
    vided satisfactory medical certificate is supplied when re-
    quired by the master.

96. Members retiring from the railway service under the
    provisions of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund
    Act will be granted three months’ leave on full pay.

97. Members voluntarily retiring from the service for their
    own purposes will be granted leave on full pay as under :—

98. Members dispensed with, through no fault of their own,
    before reaching the retiring-age will be granted leave on full
    pay as under :—

99. The granting of leave on retirement will in every case
    be subject to the express condition that sick or other leave
    during the twelve months preceding date of retirement has
    not exceeded three months, and that the interval between the
    ordinary leave and date of retirement is at least three months.
    In any case, however, where the ordinary leave of the retiring
    member for the previous year is due, such leave will be
    granted in addition to the special leave.

100. Persons who are members of the Defence Force, and
     who can be conveniently spared, may be granted leave of
     absence for the purpose of attending military camps and
     courses of instruction without prejudice to their ordinary
     leave, from which no deduction will be made on account of
     leave granted under this regulation.

101. Apprentices who are students at any college or uni-
     versity may, at the convenience of the Department, be granted
     leave for any period not exceeding five hours in any week for
     the purpose of attending any lectures connected with the
     course the student is taking, and which are given during
     ordinary working-hours. Time off granted under this regu-
     lation shall in every case be made up by the member con-
     cerned at such periods as the Officer in Charge may direct
     and determine.

102. In any case where leave of absence is granted to any
     person under the provisions of Regulation Nos. 100 and 101,
     the Officer in Charge shall satisfy himself that the person
     concerned duly attended the camp or instructional course or
     university lectures, as the case may be. Every person who
     obtains and misuses the leave provided for under this regu-
     lation shall be liable to dismissal.

Passes.

103. Every member granted leave of absence may receive
     once in each year a station-to-station free pass, available for
     the period of leave, in favour of himself and his family (mean-
     ing thereby his wife or housekeeper, and his own children
     who are residing with and solely dependent upon him for
     their maintenance, and, if male, are not more than eighteen
     years old, or, if female, are unmarried): Provided that in
     lieu of such free pass each such person may receive once in
     each year a single-journey free pass from one station to
     another and return.

104. Where members are stationed at isolated places and
     paid the isolated allowance, special passes, not exceeding one
     per week, will be granted to them or to their wives or house-
     keepers, to enable them to travel to the nearest station at
     which stores can be purchased.

105. With the previous authority of the General Manager
     any member, whilst living by direction at an isolated place
     along the line, may have his own household stores carried
     free by train from the nearest station at which stores can be
     purchased.

106. The provisions of clause 103 shall apply in the case of
     a person in the temporary employment of the Department,
     and the provisions of clauses 104 and 105 shall apply in the case
     of his wife or housekeeper, provided that in every case he
     has been so employed continuously for not less than twelve
     months; but those provisions shall cease to apply forthwith
     upon his ceasing to be employed by the Department.