JUNE 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 841

Government Service Tribunal.—Order No. 18

In the matter of section 9 (e) of the Government Service Tribunal Act, 1948,
and in the matter of an application dated the 15th day of June, 1950,
duly lodged by the Chairman of the Public Service Commission.

THE Government Service Tribunal having heard and considered the application of the applicant doth hereby order:—

1. Nothing in this order shall apply to any of the following persons :—
   (a) Any person who is not for the time being employed under the provisions of Public Service Regulation 150:
   (b) Any person whose remuneration is fixed by reference to any Agricultural Workers’ Order, or to any award or industrial agreement.

2. Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph 1 of this order,
   the principal orders enumerated in the Schedule hereto as from time to time heretofore amended shall be amended in manner following, that is to say:—
   (a) Subject to the following provisions of this order, all rates of remuneration including time and piece wages and overtime and other special payments prescribed in the said principal orders shall be increased by an amount equal to 5 per cent. thereof.
   (b) There shall be excluded from the scope of this order such portion of the remuneration in each week of the employees affected by this order as exceeds the amount of £7 in the case of adult male employees, and the amount of £4 15s. in the case of adult female employees and all junior workers.
   (c) There shall also be excluded from the scope of this order all allowances prescribed in any of the said principal orders in respect of tools, bicycles, motor-vehicles, protective or special clothing, or special footwear.
   (d) For the purposes of this order a male employee who is entitled to be paid the minimum salary or wage prescribed for married male employees shall be deemed to be an “adult male employee” in receipt of that minimum salary wage.
   (e) Subject to the provisions of the preceding clause (d) hereof, for the purposes of this order a “junior employee” shall be deemed to be an employee of either sex who is under the age of twenty-one years.
   (f) The increase provided for by this order shall apply to the unexcluded portion of the prescribed minimum remuneration of each employee.

3. This order is made for the purpose of conforming with the Interim General Wage Order made on the 10th day of June, 1950, by the Court of Arbitration pursuant to the Economic Stabilisation Regulations 1950, and, subject to the provisions of clause (d) of paragraph 3 hereof, this order shall be interpreted so as to give effect to the provisions of that interim general order as varied from time to time by the Court of Arbitration. Any such variation by the Court may be applied by the controlling authority to the application of this order to employees so as to give general effect to the provisions of the interim general order as so varied.
   This order shall be deemed to have come into force on the 8th day of May, 1950.

SCHEDULE

Principal Order No. 1 (as amended by Order No. 11) to the extent that it applies to persons for the time being employed under the provisions of Public Service Regulation 150.
Principal Orders Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Principal Order No. 12.
Principal Order No. 13.
Dated this 21st day of June, 1950.

W. F. STILWELL, Judge, Chairman.
B. L. DALLARD, Member.
J. W. G. DAVIDSON, Member.

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