JULY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2377

SCHEDULE.

1. For the purposes of this Order in Council—
   “ Discharged soldier ” means a discharged soldier within the meaning
   of the Repatriation Act, 1918, who is incapable of efficiently
   working at his previous occupation by reason of disablement
   contracted during his period of military service, or whose oppor-
   tunity of learning a trade has been adversely affected by reason
   of military service :
   “ Authorized Officer ” means a District Repatriation Officer, the
   Secretary of a District Repatriation Board constituted under the
   Repatriation Act, 1918, or such other person as the Director of
   Repatriation may authorize to receive applications pursuant to
   this Order in Council :
   “ Permit Officer ” means the Chairman of a District Repatriation
   Board or the Chairman of a local committee constituted under the
   Repatriation Act, 1918, or such other person as the Director of
   Repatriation may authorize to issue permits pursuant to this
   Order in Council :
   “ Industrial committee ” means the industrial committee constituted
   by any District Repatriation Board or local committee under the
   Repatriation Act, 1918.

2. (1.) The Repatriation Department may arrange for the employment
   and training of discharged soldiers in any industry or any branch or
   branches thereof, and may pay to any such discharged soldier by way of
   subsidy under these regulations an amount equal to the difference between
   his wages and £3 per week.
   (2.) The payment of a subsidy under these regulations shall not be
   affected by any increase in wages during the currency of permit, or by any
   pension that has been or may be granted to such discharged soldier or his
   dependants under the War Pensions Act, 1915.

3. For the purpose of fixing the rate of wages to be paid from time to
   time to a discharged soldier who is being trained under these regulations
   there shall be constituted from time to time, as required, a wages committee
   (hereinafter in these regulations referred to as “ the wages committee.”)
   Such wages committee shall consist of three members, one being a
   representative appointed by the union concerned in the award or industrial
   agreement, one being the employer or a representative appointed by him,
   and the third being the Permit Officer or a representative appointed by
   him.

4. Application by a discharged soldier to be trained and employed
   pursuant to this Order in Council may be made to an Authorized Officer.

5. On receipt of any such application the Authorized Officer shall cause
   inquiries to be made, and if it appears to the industrial committee of the
   district in which the applicant resides that the applicant is a suitable person
   to be trained, and that the industry or the branch or branches thereof in
   which employment and training are sought by the applicant are such that,
   having regard to the applicant’s education and his physical condition, and
   having regard to the ability of the proposed employer to afford suitable
   training, the applicant may be expected to attain a reasonable degree of
   proficiency therein, the Permit Officer may approve the application.

6. When an application has been approved the Permit Officer shall
   forthwith issue to the applicant a temporary permit to be employed and
   trained in the industry, or in one or more branches thereof, at such rate
   of wages as the wages committee considers the applicant may be able to
   earn. Such temporary permit shall continue in force for one month from
   the date thereof, but may be extended for a further month by the Permit
   Officer

7. If at any time before the expiry of the temporary permit by
   effluxion of time the applicant desires and the employer is willing to
   continue the training and employment, the Permit Officer shall, after giving
   the union concerned in the award or industrial agreement a reasonable
   opportunity of expressing its views, issue to the applicant a permit to be
   trained and employed in the industry, or any branch or branches thereof, for
   a period not exceeding twelve months, and at such rate of wages as may be
   agreed on by the wages committee. The rate of wages to be paid to such
   applicant shall be reviewed by the wages committee quarterly.

8. During the currency of such permit it shall be the duty of the
   employer to teach, and the duty of the applicant to learn, the work of the
   industry or branch or branches thereof specified in the permit, and such
   duty to teach and to learn as may be prescribed in the award or industrial
   agreement for apprentices shall apply to the employer and the applicant.