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living conditions are difficult may receive by way of additional salary such a sum not exceeding £30 per annum as the Director shall determine.

(2.) A teacher in the Chatham Islands or other remote place, or in a district where living conditions are difficult, shall receive such special addition to the salary otherwise provided for his position as the Minister shall determine, provided that his salary so increased shall not be greater than the next higher grade.

10. Grade 0 Schools.—(1.) In the case of a school of Grade 0 the Board shall pay for or on account of the salary of the teacher the sum of £15 per annum for every pupil in average attendance:

Provided that in no case shall the salary exceed £160 per annum.

(2.) Subject to the provisions of clause 16 hereof, the average attendance on which the amount payable for any quarter for or on account of the salary of the teacher of a school of Grade 0 shall be determined shall be the average attendance for the current quarter or the yearly average attendance for the year immediately preceding, whichever is the higher.

11. Part-time Schools.—The salary and house allowance of a teacher of a group of part-time schools shall be those for the grade of the group determined in accordance with clause 27 hereof:

Provided that if the teacher of a group of part-time schools is required by the Education Board to teach or travel on six days during the week and to teach for at least twenty-four hours in each week he shall receive the salary and house allowance for the grade or subgrade of school next higher than the grade in which that group of schools is placed.

12. Additional Assistants.—The salary of an assistant added to the staff of a school in accordance with the provisions of clause 29 hereof shall be that of Grade 1, provided that a higher grade of salary may be paid in special cases approved beforehand by the Senior Inspector when it is shown that such a higher salary is necessary to avoid a change of staff should the school rise in grade on the 1st February following.

13. Commencing Salaries.—Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding clause, every teacher who is permanently appointed to any position in a public school shall, on his appointment, receive the minimum salary of the grade attached to his position in accordance with clause 4 hereof, together with such additions to his salary (if any) as are otherwise provided by these regulations.

14. (1.) If a teacher is transferred from one permanent position which he has occupied for at least one year to another permanent position his commencing salary payable on transfer to his new position shall be determined in the manner following:—

(a.) If the amount of the final salary which he received in his former position is less than the minimum salary for his new position, he shall receive as his initial salary in his new position the amount of such minimum salary.

(b.) If the amount of the final salary which he received in his former position is greater than the maximum salary for his new position, he shall receive as his commencing salary in his new position the amount of such maximum salary.

(c.) In any other case he shall receive as his commencing salary in his new position the amount of the final salary which he received in his former position.

(2.) The provisions of this clause may, with the approval of the Minister, but subject to such modifications as he shall determine, be extended to—

(a.) A teacher who resigns from a permanent position and is not appointed to another permanent position for a period not exceeding one year:

(b.) A teacher transferred from a temporary or relieving position to a permanent position:

(c.) A person who resigns from any position in the education service (as defined by the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908) on appointment to a position in a public school.

(d.) Other similar cases.

(3.) Salary for the purposes of this clause includes the total salary payable under these regulations, except married, house, and remote allowances, and adjustments may be made between salary and allowances so that the total payable shall be that prescribed.

15. Annual Increments.—Every teacher employed in a permanent position in a public school shall, until he receives the maximum of his grade of salary, receive on the 1st February (if employed on that date) in each year