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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 64

Amendments to the Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1918.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington this 6th day of October, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1918 (hereinafter termed “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 the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto in amendment of the regulations for the classification and regulation of the Post and Telegraph Department; and doth order and declare that any regulations of similar purport heretofore made are hereby revoked in so far as they are not in agreement with the regulations made in the said Schedule, but that otherwise any such other regulations shall remain in full force and virtue and shall be read and applied together with the regulations hereby made; and doth further order and declare that such revocation and the regulations hereby made shall have effect from the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

Clauses (2) and (3) of regulation 16 are hereby revoked, and the following clauses substituted therefor:—

“(2.) No officer graded in Class VII of the General Division shall be eligible for promotion to the position of line foreman, station lineman, faultman, mechanic, mechanician, or cable-jointer until he has passed an examination provided for by regulation 75 H.

“(3.) No officer shall be eligible for promotion to the position of senior overseer, overseer, assistant overseer, chief mechanician, senior mechanician, or mechanician in charge, until he has passed an examination to test his fitness for such a position.”

Clause (3) of regulation 17 is hereby revoked.

Regulation 27 and its amendments are hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted therefor:—

OVERTIME.

“27. (1.) In these regulations ‘overtime’ means the time in which any official or departmental duty is performed (a) on Sunday or on the departmental holidays specified in regulation 97; (b) in excess of forty-four hours weekly from Monday to Saturday inclusive; (c) after 10 p.m. where the officer resumes duty next day before 6 a.m.; (d) as may be decided by the Secretary from time to time.

“(2.) The rate of payment for overtime shall be as follows:—

Rate per Hour.

“To officers drawing salaries exceeding £380 and not exceeding £470 . . . . . 3 6

“To officers drawing salaries exceeding £295 and not exceeding £380 . . . . . 3 0

“To officers drawing salaries exceeding £240 and not exceeding £295 . . . . . 2 6

“To officers drawing salaries exceeding £180 and not exceeding £240 . . . . . 2 0

“To officers drawing salaries not exceeding £180 . . . . . 1 6

“To message-boys . . . . . 0 8

“(3.) Except in special cases which must be authorized by the Secretary, no payment shall be made for overtime performed by the senior controlling officer in any office or branch nor shall any supervising officer performing ordinary staff duty be entitled to such payment.

“(4.) Overtime payments shall be computed on the basis of the salary payable at the time of service.”