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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 133

46. At least one of the first two assistants in any mixed school of Grade IV, V, VI, or VII must be a woman.
47. At least three of the first six assistants in any mixed school of Grade VI or VII must be women.
48. (1.) The position of first female assistant in every mixed school of Grade Vc or of a higher grade shall be that of infant mistress.
    (2.) For the purposes of this clause “infant mistress” means the assistant teacher on the staff who has charge, subject to the control of the headmaster, of the infant department of such school. “Infant department” means the classes in the school not higher than Standard I.
49. This Part of these regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of February, 1920.

PART IV.—TEMPORARY AND RELIEVING TEACHERS.

50. For the purposes of this Part of these regulations—
    (a.) The term “relieving teacher” means a teacher employed as locum tenens for a teacher granted leave of absence, or a teacher appointed under subsection (3) of section 72 of the Act pending the appointment of a permanent teacher;
    (b.) The term “temporary teacher” means a teacher who, being the holder of a teacher’s certificate or license to teach, is appointed temporarily other than as a relieving teacher, or a teacher temporarily appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 71 of the Act until a teacher who is the holder of a teacher’s certificate or a license to teach can be obtained; and
    (c.) The term “relieving position” or the term “temporary position” means the position in which a relieving teacher or a temporary teacher respectively is for the time being employed.

51. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part I of these regulations, the salaries and allowances of relieving teachers or of temporary teachers shall be those hereinafter provided.

52. (1.) All relieving teachers in the employment of the Board on the 1st December, 1919, shall be classified by the Senior Inspector of Schools in the grades specified in clause 53 hereof.
    (2.) Any teacher employed as a relieving teacher at any time subsequent to the date aforesaid shall be similarly classified.
    (3.) The classification by the Senior Inspector may be revised by the Director of Education.
    (4.) The grade in which a relieving teacher is classified may at any time, on sufficient cause, be altered.
    (5.) A teacher granted leave of absence from a permanent position in order to fill a relieving position or a temporary position shall be classified as a relieving teacher or as a temporary teacher, as the case may be, for the time during which he is so employed.

53. (1.) The grades of relieving teachers and the salaries payable for those grades respectively shall be as follows:—

Grade of Teacher. Salary payable. Annual Increment.
A . . . . . . £120–140 £10
B . . . . . . £150–180 £10
C . . . . . . £190–220 £10
D . . . . . . £230–260 £10
E . . . . . . £270–300 £10
F . . . . . . £310–350 £10
G . . . . . . £360–390 £10
H . . . . . . £400 or over.

(2.) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of section 15 of the Education Amendment Act, 1919, a relieving teacher shall be paid the minimum rate of salary specified for the grade in which he is placed:
Provided that any teacher classified in Grade H shall be paid such rate of salary, being not less than £400 per annum, as may be approved by the Minister.

(3.) A relieving teacher shall receive the annual increment specified in subclause (1) hereof in the manner, mutatis mutandis, prescribed in clause 13 of these regulations:
Provided that if the service of such teacher has not been continuous he shall receive his first increment on the 1st February next following the year in which his service has amounted in the aggregate to at least six months, and thereafter, until he reaches the maximum salary specified for his grade, he shall receive an annual increment on the 1st February in each year if his service in the year immediately preceding amounts in the aggregate to at least eight months:
Provided further, however, that if a relieving teacher after becoming entitled to one or more increments remains out of employment in the Educa-