to duty until a medical practitioner approved by the Board has certified
that he is fit to resume work.

(4.) Periods during which the school is closed for midsummer, autumn,
and spring vacations (or for other vacations approved by the Director of
Education for the purpose) shall not be reckoned as part of the aggregate
sick-leave with pay allowed for in subclause (1) hereof:

Provided that a teacher who has been on sick-leave during any year
ending 31st January shall receive salary for school vacations not exceeding
one-fourth his periods of actual teaching and of sick-leave with pay, taken
together.

(5.) Sick-leave allowed under this regulation may be granted in one
or more periods, but the aggregate amount of leave stated in the above
schedule is intended to cover the whole period of the teacher’s service.

(6.) No leave of absence on account of illness or accident with payment
of salary shall be granted if the necessity for leave has arisen through the
misconduct of a teacher.

(7.) Notwithstanding the provisions of these regulations regarding leave
of absence for teachers on account of illness or accident, pay during sick-
leave in the case of teachers who on 1st January, 1924, had not less than
ten years’ service shall be limited to three months on full pay and three
months on half pay for their service subsequent to 1st January, 1916 :

Provided that in any case in which the Minister is satisfied that a
teacher had not, previously to the last-mentioned date, been granted sick-
leave on pay for a period or periods that by reason of the provisions of
subclause (1) of this regulation would limit the aggregate period of sick-
leave on pay for his service subsequent to that date to three months on
full pay and three months on half pay, he may approve of payment of salary
or half salary for a longer period or periods ;

Provided also, that in any case in which the Minister is satisfied that
any period or periods of sick-leave on pay granted previously to 1st January,
1916, were necessitated by any of the circumstances set out in subclause (2)
of this regulation, he may, in like manner, approve of payment of salary
or half salary for a longer period or periods than those limited by this
subclause..

5. Any teacher who is a member of the Council of Education, the
   University Senate, the Teachers’ Superannuation Board, or a Teachers’
   Grading Appeal Board, or who is invited by the Education Department to
   attend any conference on educational matters, or who is a candidate at any
   examination conducted by the Education Department for Teachers’ certifi-
   cates, or by the University of New Zealand or a University college in subjects
   of art, science, or agriculture, shall be granted such leave without loss of
   salary as may be necessary to attend a meeting of any of the aforesaid
   bodies, or any such conference or examination, as the case may be.

6. A teacher desiring to obtain leave of absence for reasons other than
   those above stated may be granted such leave as in the opinion of the Board
   is warranted by the circumstances, but without pay:

Provided that in special cases, when the circumstances warrant, salary
may be paid at the discretion of the Board for a period not exceeding seven
days, the circumstances being explained in each case to the Department.

7. The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, grant leave of
   absence to any teacher for the purpose of visiting schools or other educa-
   tional institutions in New Zealand or elsewhere. The teacher shall receive
   during the period of absence such salary (if any) as may be prescribed by
   regulation or approved by the Minister.

8. The provisions of these regulations shall apply, mutatis mutandis,
   to all pupil-teachers, probationers, and training-college students, except
   that in the case of these persons no leave in excess of three months shall
   be granted unless the Minister concurs.

9. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, a relieving teacher shall
   not in general be entitled to receive salary during leave of absence:

Provided that the Board may, at its discretion, grant five school-days'
sick-leave on full pay to a relieving teacher who has been employed for
three months during the preceding twelve months; and provided further
that in any special case such payment of salary may be made as the
Minister, on the recommendation of the Board, approves.

10. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the Board may make by-laws
    prescribing the procedure to be followed by applicants for leave of absence
    and for such other purpose as it may deem necessary for the effectual
    administration of these regulations.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.