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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 22

Regulations under the Apprentices Act, 1923.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of April, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Apprentices Act, 1923, 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 following regulations for the purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

SCHEDULE.

1. REGISTRATION of an Apprenticeship Committee agreed upon by an organization of employers and an organization of workers shall be effected by filing a memorandum of the agreement with the nearest District Registrar of Apprentices, together with an application for the registration thereof. Such memorandum of agreement and application shall be in the form No. 1. (Section 4 (1).)

2. The Registrar of the Court of Arbitration shall notify the District Registrar of Apprentices in the form No. 2 of the appointment of an Apprenticeship Committee by the Court. (Section 4 (2).)

3. The Registrar of the Court of Arbitration shall notify the District Registrar of Apprentices of any removal or replacement of a member of an Apprenticeship Committee, or of the discharge of such Committee, or of any alteration in the locality in which the functions of a Committee are to be exercised. (Section 4 (4).)

4. An Apprenticeship Committee shall exercise its powers only by resolution certified in writing under the hand of the Chairman or the Secretary of such Committee. A notification of any such resolution shall be served on each person affected, and one copy shall be forwarded to the District Registrar of Apprentices. (Section 6 (1).)

5. An appeal against a decision of an Apprenticeship Committee in any matter shall be in the form No. 3, and shall be filed by delivering five copies thereof to the District Registrar of Apprentices within seven days of the notification of the decision to the appellant. The District Registrar of Apprentices shall thereupon forward three copies of the notice of appeal to the Registrar of the Court of Arbitration and one copy to the Secretary of the Apprenticeship Committee. (Section 6 (2).)

6. The Court of Arbitration may make such rules as it may think fit respecting the procedure to be adopted with respect to any appeals, and may make such order pending the hearing of the appeal as it may think fit. (Sections 6 (2), 8 (5), 13 (3), and 15.)

7. Every contract of apprenticeship to which the Apprentices Act, 1923, applies that has been entered into prior to the application of the said Act thereto shall be registered by filing a copy thereof, or a memorandum in writing of the terms thereof, with the District Registrar of Apprentices, provided that no such copy or memorandum shall be filed unless it is endorsed by all parties to the contract. Where the parties fail to agree on the particulars that should be specified in such contract, application may be made by any of them to the District Registrar to have such particulars determined, and the District Registrar shall thereupon refer the application for determination to the Committee for the industry and locality, or, if there is no such Committee, to the Court. The determination by the Committee or Court shall be final and conclusive. (Section 8 (7).)

8. Every contract of apprenticeship made after the coming into operation of the said Act and every alteration of any contract of apprenticeship shall be executed in triplicate, one copy being retained by the employer and one by the apprentice, and shall include any provisions prescribed by the Court of Arbitration for the industry and locality concerned. Every such contract shall be registered by filing a copy thereof with the District Registrar of Apprentices. (Section 8 (1).)

9. Where the District Registrar of Apprentices decides to register a contract of apprenticeship or alteration thereof he shall notify the parties to the contract in the form No. 4. (Section 8.)