These regulations may be cited as the Tram-drivers Regulations 1947.

These regulations shall come into force on the day following notification in the Gazette of the making thereof.

In these regulations—

(1) Application for examination for a tram-driver's certificate is to be made in form 1 in the Schedule. Such forms may be obtained on application to the Inspector of Machinery at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, or to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington.

(2) Every such application when duly completed shall be forwarded to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington, so as to reach him at least 21 days before the first day of the month in which the examination is to be held.

(3) Every such application shall be accompanied by—

• (a) a certificate signed by the manager of a tramway on which are used carriages of the class to which the application relates, giving particulars of any experience the applicant has had that might fit him to perform the duties of a driver of carriages of that class:

• (b) a certificate signed by the manager of the tramway upon which it is proposed to employ the applicant to the effect that in that manager's opinion the applicant is capable of performing the duties of and is suitable for appointment as such a driver:

• (c) if the fact does not appear from the certificate furnished pursuant to paragraph (a), an additional certificate signed by the manager of a tramway stating that the applicant has undergone a course of training for a period of not less than 21 days for the position of driver of the class of carriage to which the application relates:

• (d) a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner stating that the applicant is physically fit to be such a driver, and in particular stating that the applicant's eyesight and hearing are satisfactory, that he is free from colour blindness, and that he is not subject to any infirmity likely to interfere with the proper performance of his duties as a tram-driver:

• (e) the fee of £1 prescribed by regulation 10.

(1) Examinations for tram-drivers' certificates will be held at the offices of the Senior Inspector of Machinery at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin during the first week of the months of February, May, August, and November in each year, and at such other places and times as the Board may direct.

(2) Such examinations may be written or oral, or partly written and partly oral, together with a practical test as the Board shall from time to time direct or authorise.

(3) Every candidate for such examination shall be examined in the following subjects:

• (a) a reading and writing test in the English language:

• (b) an elementary knowledge of the construction of the prime mover and the application of the motive power used in connection with tramways:

• (c) knowledge of brakes used on tramcars. A description of their construction, method of application, adjustment, and repairs necessary to keep them in good mechanical condition:

• (d) in the case of cable tramways, a description of rope grippers, the method of application, adjustment, and repairs necessary to keep them in good mechanical condition:

• (e) a description of the ordinary working of a tramway, including the remedy of simple defects occurring during the course of working:

• (f) a description of the signalling system in use on the tramway, of the class to which the application refers, and a practical knowledge of the code of signals:

• (g) a practical test in driving the class of carriage or rolling stock to which the application refers.

(4) In the conduct of examinations the following provisions shall have effect:

• (a) no person other than those whose duties require them to be present will be allowed in the examination room during the examination, and no instructors will be allowed on the premises:

• (b) candidates shall be placed so as to prevent one copying from another, and no communication whatever between the candidates will be allowed:

• (c) candidates are not permitted to take into the examination room any books, papers, or memoranda of any kind whatever:

• (d) in the event of any candidate being discovered referring to any book or paper, or copying from another, or affording any assistance or giving any information to another, or communicating in any way with another during the examination, he shall be deemed to have failed in the examination:

• (e) if a candidate leaves the room before answering any question he shall not be allowed to answer that question on his return, but the examiner may substitute other data or another question:

• (f) perfect silence is to be observed in the examination room during the progress of the examination:

• (g) any candidate violating any of the foregoing regulations, or being guilty of insolence to the examiner or behaving in a disorderly or improper manner in or about the examination room, will render himself liable to the postponement of his examination or, in the event of his having passed, to the detention of his certificate for such period as the Board may direct.

(5) No candidate who fails to satisfy the Board in such examination shall be eligible for re-examination until after the expiration of 3 calendar months from the date of the examination at which he so failed.

Subject to the provisions of regulation 9 as to age, every candidate who satisfies the Board at an examination in the subjects prescribed in regulation 5 shall be entitled to receive a certificate by examination in form 2 in the Schedule.

(1) Application for a certificate of service as a tram-driver is to be made in form 3 in the Schedule. Such forms may be obtained on application to the Inspector of Machinery at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, or to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington.

(2) Every such application, when duly completed, should be forwarded to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington, so as to reach him not later than 1 February 1947.

(3) Every such application shall be accompanied by—

• (a) a certificate signed by the manager of a tramway on which are used carriages of the class to which the application relates and on which the applicant has been employed, giving particulars of the length and periods of service of the applicant as a driver of carriages of that class and certifying that the applicant is of good repute and conduct and is of sober habits and in that manager's opinion is capable of performing the duties of and is suitable for employment as such a driver:

• (b) if the fact does not appear from the certificate furnished pursuant to paragraph (a), proof that he has for a period of not less than 1 year been employed as a driver of carriages of the class to which the application relates:

• (c) a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner stating that the applicant is physically fit to be a driver of the class of carriage to which the application relates, and in particular stating that the applicant's eyesight and hearing are satisfactory, that he is free from colour blindness, and that he is not subject to any infirmity likely to interfere with the proper performance of his duties as a tram-driver:

• (d) the fee of £1 prescribed by regulation 10.

Subject to the provisions of regulation 9 as to age, every applicant who satisfies the Board of the matters upon which it is required to be satisfied by subsection (8) of section 75 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946 shall be entitled to receive a certificate of service in form 4 in the Schedule.

No tram-driver's certificate by examination or certificate of service shall be granted to any person who is under the age of 20 years and should the Board be in any doubt as to the age of the applicant he will be required to produce a birth certificate.

(1) The following fees shall be payable:

(2) If an applicant for examination is not, in the opinion of the Board, qualified to be examined, the fee which accompanied his application may either be returned to him or placed to his credit until he is qualified, and where a candidate having qualified for examination becomes incapacitated or dies before having been examined, the fee may be refunded. No return, crediting, or refund of a fee shall be made or effected except upon the recommendation of the Board and with the approval of the Secretary of Marine.

Any person who proves to the satisfaction of the Board that a tram-driver's certificate by examination or a certificate of service of which he is the rightful holder has been lost or destroyed may obtain a fresh certificate in lieu of that which is lost or destroyed on application to the Board and upon payment of the replacement fee of 5 shillings prescribed in regulation 10.