Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2957

The Education Act, 1914.—Amended Regulations.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations at present in force regarding leave of absence for teachers in public schools, secondary schools, technical schools and classes, and manual-training classes—being clauses 50 to 60 (inclusive) of the regulations relating to public schools: salaries, grading, &c., clauses 27 to 36 (inclusive) of the regulations relating to secondary schools, and clauses 21 to 34 (inclusive) of the regulations relating to teachers in technical schools and classes and of manual-training classes—and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

1. SUBJECT to the limitations hereinafter provided, any Education Board, Secondary School Board, or Technical School Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) may grant leave of absence for a period not exceeding one year to any teacher for the time being in its employment.

2. The Board may delegate to the School Committee in the case of a public school, or to the Principal in the case of any other school, authority to grant leave of absence on account of sickness or accident for a period not exceeding three school days. The head teacher shall forthwith report to the Board any leave so granted.

3. Any teacher desiring to obtain leave of absence on account of illness or accident for a period in excess of three school days shall make application therefor to the Board, and shall forward with such application a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner stating the nature of the illness or accident and the probable period of absence. The Board shall grant such leave as in its opinion is warranted by the circumstances, and it may at any time require the teacher to forward such further medical certificate or certificates as it may deem necessary:

Provided that in respect to any application for leave on account of illness or accident not exceeding two weeks the Board may dispense with the production of a medical certificate if such certificate cannot be obtained without undue hardship or unreasonable expense, but it shall require such other evidence to be produced in lieu thereof as it may deem necessary in the circumstances.

4. (1.) Pay during sick-leave shall be in accordance with the following schedule:—

(2.) No exception will be made in the foregoing schedule except in the case of illness resulting from causes that can be directly traced to the conditions under which a teacher is working, or where a teacher in the discharge of his duties and through no fault of his own sustains injuries of such a nature as to incapacitate him from duty, and in either such case the Minister may direct that the leave should not be taken into account in computing leave for which full or half pay may be granted.

(3.) If a teacher has been absent from duty on account of illness for a period of more than three months, he shall not be permitted to return