Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3881
and a report of all leave granted under this regulation shall be sub-
mitted every two months for the approval of the Commissioner:
Length of Service.
Period for which
Leave may be
granted.
On Full On Half-
Pay. pay.
Months. Months.
Under five years . . 1 2 In exceptional cases the Commis-
Over five years and 2 1 sioner may take any special circum-
under ten years stances into consideration, and may
Over ten years . . 3 .. vary the scale of payments.
Pay during sick-leave shall not be granted where an officer receives
compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act.
Where in case of illness any officer who has received leave of absence
for three months is not so far recovered as to be able to resume his
duties, further extensions of leave may be provisionally granted by
the Commissioner in accordance with the following schedule; pro-
vided that on each extension of leave the applicant shall be subjected
to an examination by a medical practitioner approved by the Com-
missioner:
Length of Service.
Period for which Leave
may be granted.
On On With-
Half- Third- out
pay. pay. Pay.
Months. Months. Months.
Under five years . . 1 6 8 In exceptional cases special cir-
Over five years and 3 6 6 cumstances may be taken into con-
under ten years sideration--e.g., where an officer in
Over ten years . . 6 3 6 discharge of his duty sustains in-
juries of such a nature as to in
capacitate him for all duty, this
scale may be varied.
If any officer is absent from duty on account of illness, and such
absence has extended beyond three months, he shall not be permitted
to return to duty until some medical practitioner approved by the
Commissioner has certified that he is fit to resume work.
When extended leave is granted other than on full pay the rate
paid for Sundays and holidays shall be the same as that allowed for
the period of leave.
Sick-leave allowed under this regulation may be granted in one
or more periods, but the aggregate amount of leave provided for in
the schedules is intended to cover a period of three years, dating from
the first absence on sick-leave.
The second or any subsequent triennial period will commence
on the date of the first absence on sick-leave following the date upon
which the previous triennial period expired; and for the three years
thus commencing the full amount of leave provided in the schedules
according to length of service may again be allowed.
LEAVE TO ATTEND EXAMINATIONS.
12. No deduction shall be made from annual leave in respect of
leave granted for the purposes of attending examinations referred
to in these regulations.
SICK-LEAVE FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.
13. The Permanent Head may, on satisfactory evidence that the
leave is necessary on account of sickness or ill health, grant to any
person temporarily employed leave of absence on full pay for a period
not exceeding one week.
PENALTY FOR IMPOSITION.
14. Any person practising imposition under the plea of sickness
shall be subject to instant dismissal, disratement in rank, or reduction
in salary, as the Commissioner may determine.
ILL HEALTH RESULTING FROM MISCONDUCT.
15. No leave on account of illness shall be granted with pay if
the sickness or ill health has been caused by the misconduct of the
officer. In order to satisfy himself on that point the Permanent
Head may obtain a report from the Medical Officer of the Prison, or,
in prisons where there is no Medical Officer, may arrange for a
medical practitioner to attend on and examine such officer at his