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in the Department in the capacity of fireman shall be promoted
to such position upon the completion by him of such period
of service, subject, however, to his having passed the necessary examinations, and subject also to the certificate required
by paragraph (a) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section 3
of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1920, or any corresponding provision for the time being in force, being given
in respect of such fireman.

Any time worked by a cleaner in the capacity of fireman
shall, on such cleaner being subsequently promoted to the
position of fireman, be taken into account in computing the
period of service required by this regulation.

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 30th day of May, 1920.

57. Every engine-driver who is not promoted to the position of engine-driver in Grade 1 before he has completed
    eight years' service in the Department in the capacity of
    engine-driver shall be promoted to such position upon the
    completion by him of such period of service, subject, however,
    to his having passed the necessary examinations, and subject
    also to the certificate required by paragraph (a) of the proviso
    to subsection (1) of section 3 of the Government Railways
    Amendment Act, 1920, or any corresponding provision for
    the time being in force, being given in respect of such engine-driver.

Any time worked by any fireman in the capacity of engine-
driver shall, on such fireman being subsequently promoted to
the position of engine-driver, be taken into account in com-
puting the period of service required by this regulation.

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 30th day of May, 1920.

58. (1.) No member shall be eligible for appointment to the
    position of guard unless and until he shall have been classified
    and shall have served as a shunter for a period of not less
    than three years.

(2.) No member shall be eligible for appointment to the
position of signalman or storeman in the Traffic Branch
unless and until he shall have been classified and shall have
served as a shunter for a period of not less than six months.

(3.) Any signalman in Grade 1 shall be eligible for promotion to the position of Goods Foreman in charge of a
shunting-yard, or (if such signalman has been classified and has
served as a shunter for not less than three years) to the
position of guard in Grade 2, and to no other position.

(4.) Any Traffic Storeman in Grade 1 shall be eligible
for promotion to the position of Goods Foreman in charge of
goods-sheds, or (if such storeman has been classified and has
served as a shunter for not less than three years) to the
position of guard in Grade 2, and to no other position.

(5.) This regulation shall not be construed so as to give
any member any right to promotion which he would not
have apart from this regulation.

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 16th day of July, 1920.

59. No plumber shall be eligible for promotion to the
    position of Leading Plumber unless and until he is a registered
    plumber within the meaning of the Plumbers Registration
    Act, 1912.

60. (1.) Any member of Division II acting temporarily in
    a position of a member of Division 1 shall, while so acting,
    be paid at the minimum rate of pay of the grade in which the
    member last appointed to such position was classified on
    being so appointed : Provided, however, that no member of
    Division II, while acting as aforesaid, shall be paid at a rate
    of pay which shall be less than £25 more than such member's classified rate of pay.

(2.) In this regulation "the member last appointed to
such position" means the member who, before the time when
any member of Division II commences to act in the position
of a member of Division I, was the last member to be
appointed to a position having the same designation as that
in which such member of Division II acts as aforesaid,
whether such appointment is made at the station at which
such member of Division II so acts or not.

61. Members of Division II acting temporarily in positions
    of members of Division I shall for the purposes of the regulations regarding hours of duty, overtime, work performed on
    Sundays and holidays, and travelling and relieving allowances,
    be deemed to be members of Division I while so acting, and
    for all other purposes may be deemed to be members of Division I as the Permanent Head may determine.

This regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 23rd day of March, 1921.

62. (1.) Subject to the provisions of the Act and regulations,
    and as hereinafter provided, the order of promotion of members shall be determined by the order of their classification
    at the time when the necessity for determining the member
    to be promoted arises in each case, any member being entitled
    (subject as aforesaid) to be promoted before any other member
    who at the time aforesaid is classified below him : Provided always that the member who but for this proviso would be
    entitled to be promoted in any case shall not be so promoted
    unless the Permanent Head certifies—(a) That it is necessary
    in the interests of the Department to make the appointment
    out of which such promotion arises; (b) that the
    member named is suitable and qualified for such appointment ; (c) that he has passed the required examinations;
    (d) that he is the member best entitled to the appointment.

(2.) If the Permanent Head does not certify as aforesaid in
respect of such member, then the member classified next below
him shall be selected in like manner and subject to the same
conditions, and so on, until the list of members is exhausted.

(3.) Every member who has been promoted and who fails
to efficiently perform the duties of his position shall be subject
to reduction or (if such failure shall be due to the fault of
such member) to such other punishment as the Permanent
Head may determine.

63. In any case where the Permanent Head reports to the
    Minister that no available member is qualified to fill any
    vacancy or new position the Minister may appoint thereto
    any person in the temporary employ of the Department who
    in the opinion of the Permanent Head possesses the requisite
    expert or technical knowledge or skill. The provisions of
    regulations 13 and 21 shall, and the provisions of regulations
    9 and 16 shall not, apply in respect of any person
    appointed under the provisions of this regulation.

Travelling and other Allowances.

64. (a.) Employees in Division I shall, when travelling on
    duty for other than relieving purposes, be paid travelling-
    allowance for personal expenses at the following rates
    namely:

(i.) Employees whose salaries do not exceed
£150 per annum: Actual and reasonable
expenses.

(ii.) Employees whose salaries exceed £150 but
do not exceed £380 per annum .. 12 6
(iii.) Employees whose salaries exceed £380 but
do not exceed £480 per annum .. 15 0
(iv.) Employees whose salaries exceed £480 but
do not exceed £575 per annum .. 17 6
(v.) Employees whose salaries exceed £575 per
annum (except the Permanent Head) .. 20 0
(vi.) The Permanent Head .. .. .. 25 0
Provided, however, that in respect to time during which
any such employee is travelling by sea, the rate shall, if such
time exceeds twenty-four hours, be as follows:-
(vii.) For the first day of absence from head-
quarters .. .. .. .. 10 0
(viii.) For the second and each subsequent day
of absence .. .. .. .. 2 6
(b.) Employees in Division I shall, while absent from their
headquarters on relief duty, be paid relieving-allowance for
personal expenses at the following rates in each case :-

Any employee whose salary does not exceed
£150 per annum: Actual and reasonable
expenses.

Any employee whose salary exceeds £150 and
does not exceed £305 per annum .. .. 10 0
Any employee whose salary exceeds £305 and
does not exceed £480 .. .. .. 12 6
Any employee whose salary exceeds £480: At
the rate prescribed for travelling-allowance
in each case.

(c.) "Day," for the purposes of this regulation, means a
period of twenty-four hours, and the period for which travelling
or relieving allowance shall be payable shall in each case
be calculated from the time of departure of the employee
concerned from his headquarters in pursuance of the duty on
which he is required to travel until his return thereto. For
any portion of a day the rate shall be one twenty-fourth
of the prescribed daily rate for each hour's absence from
headquarters. In computing the period of such absence a
fraction of an hour, if less than half an hour, shall not be
taken into account, but half an hour or more shall be
reckoned as one hour.

(d.) No employee who is entitled to be paid lodging-
allowance shall be entitled to claim such allowance con-
currently with travelling or relieving allowance for any
continuous period exceeding one week. When any such
employee becomes entitled to payment of travelling or re-
lieving allowance for any continuous period exceeding one
week the amount paid or payable to him as lodging-allowance
for such period shall be deducted from the amount payable
to him by way of travelling or relieving allowance for the
same period.

(e.) No employee who is entitled to be paid relieving-
allowance shall also be paid travelling-allowance in respect
of the same absence from headquarters : Provided, however,
that when an employee performs relieving duty, and in the
course thereof is absent from his headquarters for not more
than three days at the same place, he may be paid travelling-