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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

Regulations fixing Terms and Holidays to be observed in Public, Secondary, Technical, and Combined Schools.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of November, 1933.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Education Act, 1914, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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 make the regulations relating to the fixing of terms and holidays to be observed in public, secondary, technical, and combined schools; and with the like advice and consent doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.

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REGULATIONS.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1. Every public school shall be open during the following terms, that is to say:—

(1) (a) The first term shall begin on the first day of February or the fifth Monday of the calendar year, whichever is the later:

Provided that whenever the 1st day of February falls on Thursday, the first term shall begin on the Monday of the following week.

(b) The first term shall end on the Friday immediately preceding the nineteenth Monday of the calendar year.

(2) The second term shall begin on the twenty-first Monday of the calendar year and shall end on the Friday immediately preceding the thirty-fourth Monday of the calendar year.

(3) The third term shall begin on the thirty-sixth Monday of the calendar year and shall end approximately fifteen weeks thereafter on such date as may be decided by the Education Board.

(4) Whenever Monday is required by this clause to be the opening day of a term the Education Board may, at its discretion, substitute the Tuesday immediately following.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, AND COMBINED SCHOOLS.

2. Every secondary school, technical school, and combined school shall be open during the following terms, that is to say:—

(1) (a) The first term shall begin on the Tuesday next after the first day of February:

Provided that in special cases approved by the Director the governing body may fix some other date for the beginning of the term.

(b) The first term shall end on the Thursday or Friday immediately preceding the nineteenth Monday of the calendar year, according as the governing body may in its discretion decide.

(2) (a) The second term shall begin on the Tuesday immediately following the twenty-first Monday of the calendar year:

Provided that in special cases approved by the Director the governing body may fix the beginning of the term one week later.

(b) The second term shall end on the Thursday or Friday immediately preceding the thirty-fourth Monday of the calendar year, according as the governing body may in its discretion decide.

(3) (a) The third term shall begin on the Tuesday immediately following the thirty-seventh Monday of the calendar year:

Provided that in special cases approved by the Director the governing body may fix the beginning of the term one week earlier.

(b) The third term shall end on such date as the governing body may in its discretion decide, having regard to the minimum length of the school year referred to in clause 7 of these regulations.

(4) The governing body may, at its discretion, substitute for Tuesday as the opening day of any term the Monday immediately preceding.

EVENING CLASSES AT TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.

3. A technical school shall be open for evening classes during such terms as the governing body, with the approval of the Director, decides.