May 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1847

Amendments to the Regulations under the Public Service Act, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him by the Public Service Act, 1912 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor-General in Council, doth hereby, in respect of the regulations made under the said Act on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and the amendments thereof, amend the regulations now in force in the manner and to the extent also set forth in the Schedule hereto. Such regulations and amendments shall have effect from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 161 and amendments are hereby cancelled, and the following regulation made in lieu thereof:—

(a.) Appointments to the Professional Division other than on promotion from the Clerical or General Divisions shall in the first place be to the First Subdivision of Class F in the Second Schedule to the said Act.

(b.) Appointments to the Clerical Division may in the first place be to such subdivision of Class VIII in the Third Schedule of the said Act as the Commissioner may determine: Provided that holders of university degrees, or of approved certificates from any university college that the candidate has attained special knowledge in any scientific subject, may be admitted in such subdivision of Classes F or E, or VIII or VII, as the Commissioner thinks fit, subject to the provisions of section 40 of the said Act. And provided further that a member of the Military Branch of the Defence Forces who has passed the Entrance or Senior Examination may be transferred to the Civil branch of that Department, and may be admitted in such class or subdivision as the Commissioner thinks fit. No one, except he is an honourably discharged member of the Forces as defined in the War Pensions Act, 1915, and any amendment of that Act, shall be appointed to the Clerical Division unless his age at the time of appointment is not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years, and no one shall be appointed to the Professional Division unless his age is not less than seventeen years at the time of appointment.

As witness my hand this twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves the foregoing regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Approved in Council this thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amendment to the Regulations under the Public Service Act, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him by the Public Service Act, 1912 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor-General in Council, doth hereby, in respect of the regulations made under the said Act on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and the amendments thereof, amend the regulations now in force in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto. Such amendment shall take effect as from the date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 61 is hereby deleted, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

“The Permanent Head may, on satisfactory evidence that the leave is necessary on account of sickness or ill health, grant to any

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