Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 329

As these members are sent in order that they may learn their work for the benefit of their own Government, and not with the object of performing duty for the Government receiving them, the cost of their pay and allowances, passages, or other expenses in connection with their attachment is borne by the New Zealand Government.

In addition, where attached officers attend courses of instruction a charge is made in certain cases by the Imperial Government.

Where officers are attached to the War Office the Imperial Government will, in return for the benefit to the Empire derived from the mutual understanding obtained by such attachments, bear the cost of any necessary travelling-expenses and travelling-allowances at Army rates for these officers while they are in the United Kingdom, when such expenses and allowances are authorized for staff tours, classes, courses, manœuvres, &c., which the officers may be detailed to attend by the C.I.G.S.

Interchanges.

It has been agreed that officers who are exchanged will be paid by and at the rates provided for in the code of their own Government.

Travelling-allowances.—Travelling allowances and expenses will be paid to an officer by the Government of the country in which he is serving, at that Government’s rates, and under that Government’s regulations, from the time the officer disembarks at the port of arrival to the time he embarks at the port of departure for New Zealand.

Medical and Dental Treatment.—Officers will be eligible to receive medical treatment or hospital or dental treatment under the regulations in force for them in their own country. Any charges made in respect of medical or dental treatment provided for an officer will be claimed by the Government of the country in which the officer is serving, either—

(a) From the officer himself, who will settle with his own Government; or preferably

(b) From his Government, which will make any settlement thought necessary with the officer.

Quarters.—If the Government of the country in which the officer is serving provides him with quarters, he will be required to pay for these at the rates laid down by that Government, such payment being made direct by the officer himself. Any compensation in emoluments is a matter of adjustment between the officer and his own Government.

Field Allowance.—Field allowance will be paid to an officer by his own Government provided he is entitled to it under the code of that Government.

Horse Hire.—If an exchange officer is required by the Government under which he is serving to be mounted, that Government will provide him with a horse, forage, and groom, or allowance in lieu.

Additional Pay Allowances as Adjutant, &c.—If the Government under which an officer is serving wishes to employ him on special duties—e.g., a regimental officer as Adjutant—the officer will be paid by his own Government the rates to which he is entitled under his own code, the difference between such rates and those to which he would be entitled were he not employed on such special duties being recovered by his Government from the Government using his services.

PART IV.—REGULAR FORCE: SICK-LEAVE AND MEDICAL ATTENTION.

SICK-LEAVE.

68. Absence from duty on account of injury or illness, whether or not the absentee is in hospital, shall, for the purpose of these regulations, be regarded as sick-leave.

69. Whenever a member of the Regular Force is absent from duty on account of injury or illness for any continuous period greater than three days he shall cause to be forwarded to his O.C. a medical certificate stating the nature of his disability and the probable period of his absence from duty.

Notwithstanding that such period of three days has not elapsed, the O.C. may, in his discretion, require the member forthwith to forward such certificate.

70. (a) An O.C. District or O.C. N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps may grant sick-leave up to two weeks, but cases where an extension or a longer period is required shall be submitted to the A.G. for approval.

(b) Sick-leave up to two months may be granted by the A.G., but any request for extension of sick-leave or sick-leave for a period exceeding two months shall be referred to the Minister for approval.

71. A member of the Regular Force who has been absent on sick-leave for a continuous period of more than three months shall not be permitted to return to duty until a Medical Board has passed him as fit to resume duty.

72. Where a member of the Regular Force is considered to be physically unfit for service, either because he is frequently on the sick-list or for any other reason, a report on his health by a Medical Board shall be obtained and any necessary further action taken by Army Headquarters.

73. (a) Pay during sick-leave shall be granted in accordance with the following scale:—

Length of Service.	On Full Pay.	On Half Pay.
Under three months ..	1 week	..
Over three months and under six months	2 weeks	..
Over six months and under nine months	1 month	..
Over nine months and under five years	1 month	1 month.
Over five years and under ten years ..	2 months	2 months.
Over ten years and under twenty years	4 months	4 months.
Over twenty years and under thirty years	5 months	8 months.
Over thirty years ..	6 months	12 months.

(b) Monthly sick-leave periods, in days:—

1 month .. .. 31 days.

2 months .. .. 61 days.

3 months .. .. 92 days.

4 months .. .. 122 days.

5 months .. .. 153 days.

6 months .. .. 183 days.

(c) No exception shall be made in the scale provided in subpara. (a) except in the following cases, which shall be dealt with on their merits as approved by the Minister:—

(i) Where a member incurs a wound or injury or suffers an illness, and such disability is attributable to the performance of his military duty and is not due to his own fault, negligence, or misconduct.

(ii) Where a member suffers a disability arising out of war service.

(d) Where a member is undergoing treatment in a military hospital on account of illness or disability caused by venereal disease or misconduct there shall be deducted from his pay for hospital charges the sum of 2s. a day:

Provided that the medical officer may at his absolute discretion, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case, direct that the deduction shall be 1s. a day.

Where the member, having on enlistment been pronounced by the Medical Board as free from venereal disease, suffers during the period of his service a recrudescence of venereal disease contracted before enlistment, and the medical officer certifies that the recrudescence has been brought about by conditions of service, and the member’s commanding officer concurs, no deduction shall be made from the member’s pay.

74. Sick-leave on pay as provided by para. 73 may be granted in more than one period, but the aggregate amount of leave on pay provided in the scale is intended to cover the member’s whole period of service.

MEDICAL ATTENTION.

75. (a) Where a member of the Regular Force, including a member temporarily employed, incurs a wound or injury or suffers an illness, and such disability is attributable to the performance of his military duty and is not due to his own fault, negligence, or misconduct, he shall be entitled to receive medical attendance and hospital treatment at the expense of the State.

(b) When it is doubtful whether or not the State should accept liability, the matter shall be referred to the Minister for his decision.

76. Where a member of the Regular Force incurs a wound or injury or suffers an illness and such disability is not attributable to the performance of his military duty, he may be allowed to receive attendance or hospital treatment at a station where there is a military medical organization or hospital.

In such case he shall (except where he has been placed on half-pay under the provisions of para. 73) be subjected to a stoppage of pay at the rate of 4s. for every day on which he receives attendance or treatment.

77. Medical attendance will include the supply of medicines &c., ordered by the officer in charge of the case from a hospital or dispensary.

78. Approved applicants for enlistment in the Regular Force shall be examined by a Medical Board at the expense of the Department.

An “approved applicant” in the case of a candidate for a cadetship is one who has been approved by the A.G. (see also N.Z. Regulations, Appendix II).

PART V.—TERRITORIAL FORCE: PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES: GENERAL.

79. Pay and allowances at the rates from time to time prescribed in these regulations may, with the approval of the Minister, be granted to members of the Territorial Force, including members of military bands, and to officers on the Reserve, for attendance at—

Ordinary training parades;

Annual training in camps or bivouacs; or

Continuous courses of instruction,

and, when specially approved by the Minister,—

For attendance at staff rides or instructional tours;

When employed on special duties;

When serving on courts-martial or Courts of Inquiry;

When detailed for duty with guards of honour.

80. Pay of rank and professional pay, but not camp allowance, may be granted to members of the Territorial Force for time each way occupied in travelling to and from camps or courses of instruction when the transportation takes place on days other than those for which camp pay is issued, subject to the following conditions:—

(i) Payments may be made only when the time occupied in travelling would normally necessitate loss of time from civil employment.

(ii) Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays are regarded for this purpose as normal working-days.

81. The maximum number of days for which pay may be issued in each training-year shall be as approved by the Minister and laid down in the annual instructions for training published in N.Z. Army Orders.

82. A seconded officer who is ordered to attend an annual camp of the Territorial Force under N.Z. Regulations shall receive the pay and allowances of his rank, or, if the rank of the officer whose place he fills is lower than his own, the pay and allowance of such lower rank.

83. An officer of the Territorial Force attending an annual camp as a supernumerary officer under the N.Z. Regulations shall receive pay and allowances while in camp.

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