Government Railways Amendment Act 1922
Government Railways Amendment Act 1922
Government Railways Amendment Act 1922
Government Railways Amendment Act 1922
Public Act |
1922 No 34 |
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Date of assent |
28 October 1922 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Government Railways Act, 1908.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1922, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Government Railways Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Amendment of classification of Second Division.
(1.)
The Schedule to the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1921–22, is hereby amended by repealing so much thereof as relates to engine-drivers, night foremen of cleaners, and firemen, and substituting the Schedule hereto.
(2.)
This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
(3.)
This section shall be read subject to the provisions of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921–22, in respect of any reductions in salaries or wages made under the said Act after the coming into operation of this section.
3 Classification of Department.
The Minister shall cause all members, probationers, and apprentices in the service of the Department on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, to be classified as on that date in accordance with the classification set forth in the several Schedules then in force relating to the classification of the Department, and shall fix the rate of pay (as reduced in accordance with the provisions of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921–22) of each such member, probationer, and apprentice, and the date on which his first annual increment (if any) begins to be payable:
Provided that—
(a.)
With respect to every member and probationer, the right to advance from one subgrade to another, or, where there are no subgrades, the right to receive any increase of pay in any year, shall in each case depend upon the efficiency and good conduct of the member or probationer to whom such advancement is due or to whose pay such increase is attached in accordance with the aforesaid Schedules; and no such advancement shall be made, and no such increase shall be payable, unless the Permanent Head of the Department certifies in writing that the member or probationer is entitled thereto:
(b.)
No engine-driver shall receive any pay in excess of the rate prescribed for an engine-driver in the seventh year, unless and until he has passed to the satisfaction of the Permanent Head the departmental examination for a first-class engine-driver:
(c.)
Except in the case of promotion, or in any case where, by the aforesaid Schedules, the rate of pay of any member or probationer is fixed by reference to his age, no increase of the pay of any member or probationer shall begin earlier than twelve months after the date of his appointment or after the date on which his last previous increase began to be payable, as the case may be:
(d.)
In any case where, by the aforesaid Schedules, the rate of pay of any member or probationer is fixed by reference to his age, that member or probationer shall, subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, be entitled to an increase of pay in every year as from the date of his birthday.
4 Basis of scales of charges for carriage of passengers or goods.
(1.)
The power conferred on the Minister by section ten of the principal Act to fix scales of charges to be paid for persons or goods carried on a railway shall include, and be deemed at all times heretofore to have included, the power to fix such scales by reference to distance.
(2.)
Where any scale is fixed by reference to distance as aforesaid, the distance between any two points shall, unless it is otherwise specially provided in any case in the notice fixing the scale, be deemed and taken to be the distance as shown on the departmental record when the section or sections of railway affected were first opened for traffic, notwithstanding that such distance may have been increased or reduced by subsequent alterations of the railway.
(3.)
A certificate under the hand of the Minister specifying the distance between any two points on the railway, in accordance with the departmental record, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.
5 As to appointment of scrutineers at election of representative on Superannuation Board.
Paragraph (a) of section seventy-eight of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting therefrom the words “by the contributors.”
6 Penalty for false statement in consignment-note or waybill.
(1.)
Every person who makes or procures to be made any false statement in regard to any goods (whether in respect of their nature, quantity, weight, measurement, value, or otherwise howsoever) delivered upon a railway, in any consignment-note, waybill, or other document delivered in respect of such goods, is liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
Repeal.
(2.)
This section is in substitution for subsection one of section two of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 2), and that subsection is hereby accordingly repealed.
7 Consequential repeals.
Sections three and four of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1919, subsection one of section three of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1920, and section three of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1921–22, are hereby repealed.
Schedule
| Designation. | Grade. | Pay. | Annual Increments. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum. | Maximum. | |||||
| Engine-drivers and night foremen of cleaners— | Per Hour. | Per Hour. | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| 12th year | 2 | |||||
| 11th year | 2 | |||||
| 10th year | 2 | |||||
| 9th year | 2 | |||||
| 8th year | 2 | |||||
| 7th year | 2 | |||||
| 6th year | 2 | |||||
| 5th year | 2 | |||||
| 4th year | 2 | |||||
| 3rd year | 2 | |||||
| 2nd year | 2 | |||||
| 1st year | 2 | |||||
| Firemen — | ||||||
| 7th year | 2 | |||||
| 6th year | 2 | |||||
| 5th year | 2 | |||||
| 4th year | 2 | |||||
| 3rd year | 1 | |||||
| 2nd year | 1 | |||||
| 1st year | 1 | |||||
Time worked by a cleaner or fireman in the capacity of fireman or engine-driver respectively in pursuance of any regulations in that behalf shall be taken into account in fixing the rate of pay of such cleaner or fireman in the event of his being subsequently appointed to the position of fireman or engine-driver, as the case may be. For this purpose every 313 days actually worked as aforesaid shall be counted as one year. Time worked by a fireman as a night foreman of cleaners shall, for the purposes of this paragraph, be deemed to be time worked as an engine-driver.