Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3495

Military Service Act, 1916.—Regulations for Medical Examination.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of November, 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 authorities enabling me in that behalf, make the following regulations regarding medical examination for the purposes of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

REGULATIONS.

MEDICAL BOARDS.

1. THERE shall be established by the Minister of Defence such Medical Boards as he from time to time thinks necessary for the medical examination of reservists called up for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

2. Each such Board shall consist of such number of persons, being two or more, as the said Minister thinks necessary, all of whom shall be officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps.

3. The members of each such Board shall be appointed and may be removed by the Minister of Defence, and the same person may be appointed as a member of two or more Boards.

4. Every Medical Board shall exercise its functions in such military district or districts as may be specified in that behalf by the Minister of Defence on the establishment of the Board.

5. If any member of a Medical Board is in the opinion of the Minister of Defence temporarily incapacitated by illness or otherwise from performing his duties, the Minister may appoint some other qualified person to act in the place of that member during the period of his incapacity. Every such appointment shall, unless sooner cancelled by the Minister, continue in force until the member so incapacitated returns to duty.

6. One of the members of each such Board shall be appointed as the President thereof by the Minister of Defence.

7. Every such Board shall meet at such times and places as may be determined by the President.

8. There shall be associated with each such Board, as the expert adviser thereof in dental matters, an officer of the New Zealand Dental Corps to be detailed for such duty by the Commandant.

EXAMINATION OF RESERVISTS CALLED UP.

9. (1.) When a reservist has been called up for service with the Expeditionary Force, an authorized officer may by written notice delivered or posted to that reservist require him to report at a specified time and place for examination or re-examination before a Medical Board.

(2.) The place to be so specified shall be at or near the headquarters of the military district in which the reservist is for the time being resident, or at such other place as the Commandant may in any case or class of case direct.

(3.) If any man so summoned before a Medical Board is incapacitated by illness or other unavoidable impediment from presenting himself for examination at the time and place notified, he shall, not later than twenty-four hours before the time so notified, post to the authorized officer from whom the notice was so received a registered letter stating the reason for his absence and the probable date at which he will be able to present himself before a Medical Board.

(4.) The authorized officer will thereupon take steps to satisfy himself of the truth and sufficiency of the matters set forth in the letter, and shall act accordingly.

10. The examination of a recruit by a Medical Board shall take place in the presence of all of the members of the Board.

11. There shall be in attendance at such examination an officer of the New Zealand Defence Forces, together with such warrant officer or non-commissioned officer belonging to the Permanent Staff, or holding the appointment of a subarea sergeant-major, as may be detailed for that purpose by the Commandant.