Military Service Regulations




Num. 104. 3029

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916.

Regulations under the Military Service Act, 1916.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighteenth day of September, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

I, ARTHUR WILLIAM DE BRITO SAVILE, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, do hereby, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by the Military Service Act, 1916, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, make the following regulations under that Act; and, with the like advice and consent, I declare that these regulations shall come into operation on the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

REGULATIONS.

  1. In these regulations—
    “Attesting officer” means an officer duly authorized under section 8 of the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, to administer the oath of allegiance:
    “Voluntary recruit” means a man who voluntarily enlists in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force:
    “Compulsory recruit” means a man who is called up for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force under the Military Service Act, 1916.
  2. Every voluntary recruit shall at the time when he takes the oath of allegiance under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, be attested in the presence of an attesting officer in the form set out in the First Schedule.


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🛡️ Regulations under the Military Service Act, 1916

🛡️ Defence & Military
18 September 1916
Military Service Act, Regulations, Attestation, Voluntary Recruit, Compulsory Recruit
  • ARTHUR WILLIAM DE BRITO SAVILE, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand