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1914. NEW ZEALAND

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER (REGULATIONS MADE BY THE) UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES ACT, 1913.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly hy Command of His Excellency.

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. Whereas by section 4 of the Temporary Employees Act, 1913 (hereinafter called " the said Act"), the Public Service Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor in Council, is authorized to make regulations for the carrying-out of the provisions of the said Act: Now, therefore, the Commissioner, in pursuance and exercise of the said authority, and with the approval of the Governor in Council, doth hereby piake the regulators set forth in the Schedule hereto ; and doth order that such regulations shall have effect from and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE. 1. The Commissioner may appoint as a permanent officer any person who was temporarily employed (in the Ist April. 1913. in the Public Service, and whose employment has been since continued under section 45 of the Public Service Act, 1912, subject to the following conditions — ('/.) The Commissioner .shall be satisfied that the work performed by the person temporarily employed is permanent in character. {!>.) The Commissioner shall be satisfied as to the competency of such person, and the Permanent. Head of the Department in which he is employed shall certify that he is of good character and has satisfactorily performed his duties. (c.) A i atisfactory certificate of health must be produced. (</.) The age of any temporary officer proposed for appointment under this regulation shall not be less than twenty-one or more than fifty years at the date of his permanent appointment : provided that the age may in special cases be extended to fifty-five years. (c) No person shall be eligible for permanent appointment under this regulation who was not employed in the Public Service for at. least two years continuously before the Ist. April, 1913, or for two or more terms aggregating at least three years before that. date. 2. All conditions imposed on persons appointed under the Public Service Act, 1912, shall apply to and be binding on persons appointed under these regulations, except those relating to age at the date of appointment and to the mode of appointment.