3470
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 86

of forty-four, notwithstanding that he is in receipt of an allowance or other payment on account of travelling. Time occupied in travelling between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. may be included in the total of weekly duty, provided that such period does not exceed eight hours in any one day. With the foregoing exception, no special allowance shall be made to any person for performing any duty for which an overtime payment has been made.

(12.) An officer required to perform duty on Sunday away from his home station, which necessitates travelling on Sunday from and to headquarters, may be paid overtime at one and a half times the rate set out in clause (2) of this regulation for the full period of his absence from headquarters. In cases in which an officer is required to travel from or to headquarters on Sunday, but is not required to perform duty, overtime shall not be payable.

(13.) Overtime payments to employees on the temporary staff shall be on the same basis as that paid to permanent officers, or as fixed by the Permanent Head, but a temporary employee shall not be so employed if a permanent officer is available.

(14.) In lieu of payment for any overtime performed in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, the Permanent Head may grant time off for such overtime at the rate of one hour or one hour and a half, as the case may be, for each hour of overtime performed.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

70. (1.) With the exception of the employees provided for in paragraph (2) of this regulation, every officer in the Department and every temporary employee (if circumstances should arise necessitating the retention of such employee in the service for more than a year) may be granted annual leave of absence for recreation on the following scale:—

(a.) If continuous service amounts to ten years or more, eighteen working-days:

(b.) If continuous service is less than ten years, twelve working-days:

(c.) Message-boys and message-girls, six working-days after one year’s complete service.

The granting of any such leave of absence shall be subject to the express conditions (a) that the conduct and services of the officer have been thoroughly satisfactory, (b) that the total sick-leave during the previous twelve months has not exceeded twelve working-days, and (c) that the special leave granted in the previous year has been less than three months. Each day of sick-leave in excess of twelve shall be deducted from the annual leave: Provided that where such excess sick-leave has been on half-pay the number of days to be deducted from the annual leave shall be reduced by one-half; and, further, that where such excess leave has been without pay, no deduction shall be made from the annual leave unless the total sick or special leave taken during the year amounts to three months, in which case a deduction of one-fourth of the annual leave is to be made.

A proportionate deduction from the annual leave is to be made if the total sick or special leave taken in any one year exceeds three months.

(2.) (a.) Temporary workmen with over two years’ continuous service may be granted twelve working-days’ annual leave. In addition, leave of absence with pay may be granted in respect of the following days: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the King’s Birthday, Labour Day, and Anzac Day.

(b.) Temporary workmen with not more than two years’ service will not be granted annual leave, but those whose continuous service is over two months may be granted leave of absence with pay in respect of the days specifically named in the preceding paragraph.

(3.) An officer may, with the authority of the Permanent Head, accumulate the leave of absence due to him for a period of two years, but no such accumulated leave shall exceed thirty-six working-days. The Permanent Head may for sufficient reason defer the leave due to any officer until a subsequent year.

71. Every person employed in the Department who by reason of illness or other emergency is unable to report for duty at the appointed time shall promptly send notice of the fact, and cause, to his immediate controlling officer. If any person is absent from duty through illness