Mar. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 791

Amended Regulations under the Education Act, 1914, relating to Secondary Schools.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1921.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the amendments set out in the Schedule hereto in the regulations relating to secondary schools made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”); and doth prescribe that, except where otherwise stated, this Order shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

1. SUBCLAUSE (1) of clause 1 of the said regulations is hereby amended by deleting the words “a secondary school established under the Act,” and by substituting therefor the words “secondary schools.”

2. Clause 17 of the said regulations is hereby amended by the addition of the following subclause:—

(4.) If at the beginning of the second or third term the roll number of a school has increased so that it is fifteen more than the maximum for the grade in which the school is placed, an additional assistant of Grade D may, with the approval of the Minister, be added to the staff.

3. Clause 18 of the said regulations is hereby amended by the addition of the following subclauses:—

(2.) If at the beginning of any term the roll number of any school has decreased so that it is less by more than eight per cent. than the minimum roll of the grade in which the school is placed, the staff shall be reduced to that prescribed for a school having a roll number of the next lower grade, and it shall be the duty of the Board to give notice to every teacher whom it may be necessary to discharge in order to carry out such reduction; provided that, if the Minister is satisfied that the number of the staff should be maintained, payment of the salary of each assistant concerned may be continued for such period as the Minister shall decide.

(3.) When in accordance with these regulations a reduction in the staff of a school is necessary, such amount shall be paid to the governing body towards the salaries of the teachers whose services are dispensed with as will enable the Board to give the teachers due notice of the termination of the engagement, but in no circumstances shall the payment be made towards the salary of any teacher for a longer period than four months after the beginning of the term when the school ceases to be entitled to the services of such teacher.

(4.) If at any time the grade of a school is reduced, any teacher who remains in the same position therein shall, for a period of three years, continue to receive the same salary and allowances as if no such reduction had taken place.

4. Clause 21 of the said regulations is hereby amended (a) by inserting in subclause (1), after the words “£25 per annum,” the words “in the case of men or £20 per annum in the case of women”; (b) by deleting from subclause (1) the words “January in each year,” and substituting therefor the words “February next following after the lapse of a period of six calendar months reckoned from the date of commencing duty”; and (c) by deleting from subclause (3) the words “adjusted accordingly by the Minister after consultation with the Board of Governors of the school,” and substituting therefor the words “reduced by such amount as the Minister of Education after consultation with the governing body of the school shall determine.”

5. Clause 22 of the said regulations is hereby amended (a) by inserting in subclause (1), after the words “the various grades,” the words “as set out in Schedule I hereof”; (b) by deleting from subclause (4) the words “on the 1st day of January, 1922,” and substituting therefor the words “from the 1st day of February next following after the lapse of a period of six calendar months reckoned from the date of commencing duty, or from the 1st February, 1922, whichever is later.”

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