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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 53

Regulations under the Apprentices Act, 1923, amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of August,
1926.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the
Apprentices Act, 1923, 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
amend the regulations under the said Act dated the eighth day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, in the manner set
forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE regulations hereinbefore referred to are hereby amended as
follows:-

(1.) Regulation 5 is hereby deleted, and the following regulation
substituted therefor :-

"5. An appeal against the decision of an Apprenticeship Committee in any matter shall be in the form No. 3, and such appeal,
together with five copies thereof, shall, within seven days of the notification of the decision of the Committee to the appellant, be forwarded to the District Registrar of Apprentices, who shall thereupon file such appeal, together with three copies thereof, with the Clerk of Awards for the district, and shall forward one copy thereof to the Secretary of the Apprenticeship Committee. (Section 6 (2))."

(2.) Regulation 6 is hereby deleted, and the following regulation substituted therefor :-

"6. (a.) If any or all of the parties to an appeal or affected by an appeal desire that the Court of Arbitration should hear evidence or argument on the subject, intimation in writing of such desire shall be given to the Clerk of Awards for the district, who shall set the matter down for hearing upon the list of business for the next sitting of the Court of Arbitration, and shall notify the parties concerned and the District Registrar of Apprentices of the fact and of the time and place of the hearing of the appeal. In any case where no such intimation is given, the Clerk of Awards shall forthwith forward the file relating to such appeal to the Court of Arbitration, which may make such order thereon as it shall think fit. The Clerk of Awards shall notify the parties concerned and the District Registrar of Apprentices of the decision of the Court of Arbitration in any appeal.

"(b.) The Court of Arbitration may make such other rules as it may think fit respecting the procedure to be adopted with respect to any appeals, and may make such order pending the hearing of any appeal as it may think fit. (Sections 6 (2), 8 (5), 13 (3), and 15.)"

(3.) Regulation 7 is hereby amended by deleting the word "Court" where it first appears, and substituting therefor the following words : "Clerk of Awards for the district for the determination of the Court. The Secretary of the Committee or the Clerk of Awards, as the case may be, shall notify the parties concerned and the District Registrar of Apprentices of the time and place of the hearing of the application and of the determination of the Committee or the Court."

(4.) Regulation 12 is hereby deleted, and the following regulation substituted therefor :-

"12. An appeal against the refusal of the District Registrar of Apprentices to register a contract of apprenticeship or alteration thereof shall be in the form No. 5, and such appeal, together with four copies thereof, shall be forwarded to the District Registrar of Apprentices within seven days of the notification of the decision to the appellant, and the District Registrar of Apprentices shall forthwith file such appeal, together with three copies thereof and the proposed contract or alteration, with the Clerk of Awards for the district. (Section 8 (5).)"