allotted any work during any period of standing-
time at his home station he shall, if brought on
duty within eight hours after the commencement of
such period of standing-time, be paid, in respect of
such standing-time, for two hours at his ordinary
rate of pay: Provided, however, that such two
hours shall not be taken into account in com-
puting overtime.

120. In no case shall any member who is booked for duty
     and duly reports for duty at the time booked receive in
     respect of such booking and reporting less than four hours'
     pay calculated at such member's ordinary rate of pay: Pro-
     vided, however, that if, on reporting for duty in any such
     case, he is not allotted any work, such portion of the said
     period of four hours during which such member is not engaged
     in performing any work for which he is paid in pursuance of
     this regulation shall not be taken into account in computing
     overtime.

121. In any case in which an engine-driver or fireman has
     been on duty continuously for not less than fourteen hours
     he shall, if possible, be relieved from duty immediately on
     his arrival at the depot at the station at which he is to be
     booked off duty.

122. (1.) The ordinary hours of duty of employees in the
     Lake Wakatipu steamer service shall be sixty hours per week
     (exclusive of Sunday). Time worked in excess of the ordi-
     nary hours of duty shall be overtime.

(2.) Employees in the Lake Wakatipu steamer service will
not be paid for overtime, but every such employee shall be
granted an equivalent time off duty for any overtime worked
by him.

(3.) Time off duty to which an employee shall become
entitled under this regulation shall be granted at a time con-
venient to the Department, and shall be taken when granted.
No employee shall have the right to accumulate overtime so
as to obtain extended time off duty, nor shall he have the
right to have any time off duty which may become due to
him in respect of overtime worked added to any period of
leave of absence to which he may be or become entitled.

123. (1.) Time worked by an employee in the Lake Waka-
     tipu steamer service between midnight on any Saturday and
     midnight on the first following Sunday (hereinafter called
     “Sunday time”) in pursuance of authority given in that
     behalf by the Permanent Head shall stand by itself, and
     shall be paid for as follows:-

(a.) In the case of any captain, mate, or engineer payment
shall be made in accordance with the scale under
which employees in Division I are paid for Sunday
time.

(b.) In the case of any fireman or deck hand payment shall
be made at double such employee's ordinary rate of
pay. For the purposes of this paragraph an em-
ployee's ordinary rate of pay shall be a rate per
hour being one two-hundred-and-eightieth part of
his classified rate of pay per calendar month.

(2.) This regulation shall not apply to time (not exceeding
one hour in each case) during which any fireman is employed
on any Sunday for the purpose of banking fires.

Leave of Absence and Sick and Accident Pay, &c.

124. The Permanent Head may, at such times as in his
     opinion are convenient, grant to employees ordinary leave
     of absence on pay as follows:

(a.) To employees in Division I, and to captains, mates,
and engineers in the Lake Wakatipu steamer ser-
vice:

To each employee who has served continuously
for less than ten years since the date on which he
was last appointed in the Department, not exceeding
twelve working days in each year of service.

To each employee who has served continuously
for not less than ten years since the date on which
he was last appointed in the Department, not
exceeding eighteen working days in each year of
service.

To each employee who regularly works seven
days per week throughout the year, not exceeding
twenty-four working days in each year of service,
to be taken in two periods of twelve working days
each.

In every case in which the emergency and sick
leave granted to any employee in Division I exceeds
fourteen days in the aggregate in any year of ser-
vice the number of days so granted in excess of
fourteen shall be deducted from the period of
ordinary leave of absence to which such employee
may be or become entitled in respect of such year:
Provided that the Permanent Head may grant
further ordinary leave of absence to any such
member if in the opinion of the Permanent Head
the special circumstances of the case warrant the
granting of such further leave of absence.

(b.) To employees in Division II, and to firemen and deck
hands in the Lake Wakatipu steamer service:

To each employee entitled to payment for over-
time who has served continuously for less than
ten years since the date on which his last period
of service in the Department commenced, six
working-days in each year of service.

To each employee entitled to payment for over-
time who has served continuously for not less than
ten years since the date on which his last period of
service in the Department commenced, nine working-
days in each year of service.

To each employee not entitled to payment for
overtime who has served continuously for less
than ten years since the date on which his last
period of service in the Department commenced,
nine working-days in each year of service.

To each employee not entitled to payment for
overtime who has served continuously for not less
than ten years since the date on which his last
period of service in the Department commenced,
twelve working-days in each year of service.

125. (1.) Every employee who is required to be and is on
     duty on any of the following days in any year—namely,
     Christmas Day, Good Friday, Sovereign’s Birthday, Labour
     Day, Anzac Day, or Dominion Day—shall be entitled to have
     one day added to the period of his ordinary leave of absence
     for such year for each of such days on which he is so required
     to be and is on duty, or one day off duty at any time before
     the granting to such employee of his ordinary leave of absence
     next after the time when he is required to be and is on duty
     as aforesaid in each case, and no addition shall be made to
     the period of such employee’s ordinary leave of absence in
     respect of any of the aforesaid days for which he has been
     so granted a day off duty.

(2.) Every employee who is laid off duty by the Depart-
ment on any of the aforesaid days may elect to receive no
pay for each such day on which he is so laid off duty, and
such employee shall be entitled to have one day added to
the period of his ordinary leave of absence for each of the
aforesaid days on which he is so laid off duty and in respect
of which he receives no pay.

126. (1.) Any temporary employee in the Clerical Branch
     of the Department whose last continuous period of service
     in the Department is not less than one year may be granted
     ordinary leave of absence for the same period and subject
     to the same conditions as are applicable, under the pro-
     visions of regulations 124 and 125, to an employee in
     Division I.

(2.) Any temporary employee in any other than the
Clerical Branch of the Department whose last continuous
period of service in the Department is not less than one
year, or any temporary employee (not being a casual wharf
labourer or an employee in the Clerical Branch) who has
been employed in the Department for not less than twenty-
four hours in each and every week for a continuous period
of not less than three years up to the time when the question
of his eligibility for the privilege provided for herein arises,
in each case may be granted ordinary leave of absence for
the same period and subject to the same conditions as are
applicable, under the provisions of regulations 124 and 125,
to an employee in Division II.

(3.) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed so as
to give any person any claim to any concession or privilege
after such person has ceased to be employed in the Depart-
ment.

127. If any employee desires that his ordinary leave of
     absence in respect of more than one year’s service should
     accumulate, such accumulation may be allowed for two years
     only, subject, however, to such employee giving notice of
     such desire to his controlling officer at least six months
     before the ordinary leave of absence for the first of such
     years shall become due to such employee. Save as pro-
     vided in this regulation, no employee who fails to avail
     himself of the ordinary leave of absence due to him in any
     year shall by reason of such failure be entitled to a more
     lengthened period of ordinary leave of absence than that
     prescribed in the following or any subsequent year, except
     under special circumstances approved by the Permanent
     Head.

128. The Permanent Head may, in circumstances of
     emergency, grant to any employee emergency leave of absence
     for such period and subject to such conditions as the Per-
     manent Head thinks fit.

129. (1.) The Permanent Head may grant to any member
     who has served in the Department continuously for at least
     ten years since the date when he was last permanently
     appointed therein special leave of absence for a period not
     exceeding twelve months at one time, and to any member
     who has served for less than ten years since the date afore-
     said special leave of absence for a period not exceeding six
     months at one time.