New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 16

Page 494

✨ War Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

(b.) Who have been honourably discharged from the Expeditionary Forces, or have been in any manner engaged in active service during the present war and have been discharged therefrom; or
(c.) Who have offered themselves for active service in the present war but have been rejected as unable to fulfil the requirements of the Defence Department; or
(d.) Who are engaged in an exempted industry as hereinafter defined.

  1. “Exempted industry” means any industry which in the opinion of the Minister of Defence is so related to the requirements of the present war that the recruiting of persons engaged in that industry is not expedient in the public interest.

  2. The badge so to be approved may be in such several different forms as the Minister of Defence thinks fit.

  3. The badge so approved may be issued by any military officers to such persons as are deemed qualified to receive and wear the same.

  4. Every badge so issued shall be accompanied by a card signed by a military officer and containing particulars as to the person to whom it is issued and the reasons for its issue.

  5. No person other than a person to whom such a badge has been duly issued by a military officer shall wear any badge so approved by the Minister of Defence, or any badge so nearly resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive.

  6. No person shall falsely represent himself to be a person who is entitled to wear any such badge.

  7. No person shall without lawful authority supply any such badge to any person not authorized to wear the same.

  8. Every person to whom any such badge has been issued shall at all times while wearing the badge or having it in his personal possession carry with him the card issued to him along with the badge as aforesaid, and shall on the request of any military officer or constable produce the said card for his inspection.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.




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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🛡️ Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914 (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
11 February 1916
War Regulations, Badge, Recruiting, Expeditionary Forces
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council
  • John Mackay, Government Printer