Post Office Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Post Office Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Post Office Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Post Office Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Public Act |
1975 No 98 |
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Date of assent |
9 October 1975 |
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An Act to amend the Post Office Act 1959
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 Post Office Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Post Office Act 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Post Office Staff Tribunal
(1)
Section 201 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding, after subsection (5), the following subsections:
“(6)
The presence of the Chairman and of at least one other member entitled to be present shall be necessary to constitute a sitting of the Tribunal.
“(7)
The decision of a majority of the members present at a sitting of the Tribunal shall be the decision of the Tribunal. If the members present are equally divided in opinion, the decision of the Chairman shall be the decision of the Tribunal.”
(2)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 203, and substituting the following section:
“203
For the purposes of this Part of this Act, sections 44 to 48 of the State Services Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act 1969 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply as if the Tribunal were a Single Service Tribunal under that Act.
(3)
Section 205 of the principal Act is hereby amended—
(a)
By omitting from subsection (1) the words “the hearing of”
, and substituting the words “assisting in the determination of”
:
(b)
By inserting in subsection (2), after the word “officer”
in both places where it occurs, the words “or a retired officer”
.
(4)
The principal Act is hereby consequentially amended by repealing the definition of the term “Joint Advisory Council”
in section 199 and also sections 206 and 207.
This Act is administered in the Post Office.