JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2145

(3) No person shall present herself for examination who has not on the date of the commencement of the examination completed the period of training prescribed by Regulation 3 hereof:

Provided that, on special application being made, the Board may, if it thinks fit, permit any person who, being otherwise eligible, has reached within two months of completion of the above-mentioned period of training, to present herself for examination, but registration shall not be granted until such time as she completes the full period of training required.

(4) No person shall present herself for examination who has not on the date of the commencement of the examination undergone the course of instruction prescribed by Regulation 4 hereof, except in pursuance of any special permission granted under the last preceding clause hereof.

(5) The passing of the examination by any person who presents herself in breach of any of the provisions of clauses (2), (3), and (4) hereof shall not be available to satisfy the Board that she has passed such examination in terms of the said Act.

(6) Every candidate for examination shall make application to the Registrar in or to the effect of Form No. 1 in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall, together with such application, tender the following:—

(a) A certificate of training in the Form No. 2 in the said Second Schedule, verified as therein appears by the Matron and by a Medical Officer of the approved hospital at which such candidate completed her term of training:

(b) The certificates referred to in clause (10) of Regulation 4 hereof that such candidate has passed the respective hospital examinations referred to in clause (7) of Regulation 4 hereof:

(c) The fee of £2 prescribed by clause (1) of Regulation 14 hereof.

(7) Every such application shall be so given as to be received by the Registrar at least two weeks before the date of commencement of the examination at which the candidate intends to present herself, and the candidate shall, at least one month before the said date of commencement, notify the Registrar of her intention to present herself for examination.

6. Notifications from Approved Hospitals to Board.

(1) The governing body of every hospital at which any person has commenced a course of training as a nurse shall, within four months after the commencement of such training, notify the name of every such person to the Registrar.

(2) The governing body of every approved hospital shall, in each year prior to the 31st day of March, cause to be forwarded to the Registrar on forms provided for the purpose a report dealing with the year ended on the 31st day of December immediately preceding, and showing—

(a) The daily average of occupied beds in the hospitals during the year;

(b) The names of the teaching staff;

(c) The subjects of lectures and the number of lectures delivered in each course between January and December;

(d) The names of the pupil-nurses under training;

(e) The date on which each pupil-nurse began her studies; and

(f) The names of the pupil-nurses who have attended the lectures delivered in each of the prescribed subjects on which lectures have been delivered during the year.

(3) The governing body of every such hospital shall from time to time, immediately upon any change in the position of Matron or the personnel of the teaching staff, notify particulars of such change to the Board.

7. Approval of Training-schools for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

(1) The governing body of any hospital may apply to the Board through the Secretary to have such hospital recognized as a training-school for midwives or for midwives and maternity nurses or as a training-school for maternity nurses, for the purposes of the said Act.

(2) No hospital shall be recognized by the Board as a training-school for midwives or for midwives and maternity nurses unless—

(a) The Matron or sister in charge of the hospital, if a maternity hospital, or of the maternity annexe of the hospital, is specially qualified for the training of midwives and is approved by the Board;