New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 143

Page 3953

✨ War Regulations Amendment



Numb. 143. 3953

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916.

Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth day of
December, 1916.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by clause thirty-two of the War Regulations of the third
day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, it is
provided that no owner of a British ship registered in New Zealand, or
of any share in such a ship, shall transfer the ship or any share therein
to any person not qualified to own a British ship: And whereas it is
expedient to impose further restrictions with respect to the transfer of
such ships or shares therein, and to impose restrictions with respect
to mortgages and transfers of mortgages of such ships and shares:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liver-
pool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
do hereby, in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1914, and of all
other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, make the
following additional regulations for the purposes aforesaid.

REGULATIONS.

  1. No owner of a British ship registered in New Zealand, or of any
    share in such a ship, shall transfer the ship or any share therein to a
    foreign-controlled company.

  2. No owner of a British ship registered in New Zealand, or of
    any share in such a ship, shall mortgage the ship or any share therein
    to any person not qualified to own a British ship or to a foreign-
    controlled company; and no person, being the mortgagee of any such
    ship or of any share therein, shall transfer his mortgage to a person not
    qualified to own a British ship or to a foreign-controlled company.

  3. For the purposes of these regulations the expression "foreign-
    controlled company" means any corporation—
    (a.) Where the majority of the directors, or persons occupying the
    position of directors, by whatever name called, are not British
    subjects; or



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🏛️ Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
18 December 1916
War Regulations, Shipping, Mortgages, Transfers, Foreign-controlled companies
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • The Honourable J. Allen, Presiding in Council