Num 47. 1631

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1922.

Regulations under the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921-22.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 12th day of June, 1922.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section fourteen of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921-22 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. (1.) For the purpose of the adjustment of anomalies arising from the operation of the said Act, there is hereby established a Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Adjustment Committee”) consisting of the following officers, viz.:

(a.) The Public Service Commissioner;
(b.) The Secretary to the Treasury;
(c.) The General Manager of Railways; and
(d.) The Secretary, Post and Telegraph Department.

(2.) If any one of the aforesaid officers is unable to attend any meeting of the Adjustment Committee, he may authorize any other officer of his Department to attend that meeting in his stead.

(3.) The Public Service Commissioner shall be the Chairman of the Adjustment Committee, and shall have a deliberative vote, and in case of an equality of votes shall have a casting-vote also.

(4.) In the event of the absence of the Public Service Commissioner from any meeting of the Adjustment Committee, the members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman of that meeting.

(5.) Three members of the Committee shall form a quorum at any meeting.

(6.) Save as herein provided, the Adjustment Committee shall regulate its own procedure.

2. (1.) Save as otherwise provided herein, any person may apply to the Adjustment Committee for relief from the operations of the said Act on the ground of anomaly or hardship occasioned thereby.

(2.) All such applications shall be forwarded to the Public Service Commissioner as Chairman of the Adjustment Committee, through the Permanent Head of the Department, who shall furnish a report and recommendation with respect to each such application.

(3.) Every such application and report shall be submitted by the Public Service Commissioner to the Adjustment Committee for its determination.

(4.) No application for relief under these regulations shall be considered in respect of—

(a.) Any person in receipt, as at 31st December, 1921, of a salary at a rate exceeding £500; or

(b.) Any person bound by an agreement under subsection (2) of section 2 of the said Act; or

(c.) Any person to whom section 5 of the said Act applies.

3. Every application for relief shall specify, as concisely as possible, the special grounds on which the claim for relief is based, and shall also specify—

(a.) The rate of remuneration as at 31st December, 1921;
(b.) The rate of remuneration as at 31st March, 1920.

4. (1.) In determining whether or not a case of hardship or an anomaly exists, the Adjustment Committee shall regard the rates of reduction as fixed by the said Act as primarily applicable to persons who on 31st December, 1921, were employed in positions for which at that date the annual rate of remuneration was not less than £50 in excess of the annual rate payable in respect of the same or a similar position on 31st March, 1920, and no application for relief shall be granted in any such case.

(2.) If in any other case the Adjustment Committee is satisfied that an anomaly or hardship exists, it shall consider the special circumstances of the case and the Depart-