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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 90

Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-first day of
August, 1916.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor in Council.
I., ARTHUR WILLIAM DE BRITO SAVILE, Earl of Liverpool,
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 under that Act.

REGULATIONS.
PERMITS AND PASSPORTS.

1. Clause 2 of the War Regulations of the 15th day of November, 1915 (relating to permits to leave New Zealand), is hereby amended by substituting the words " No person over the age of fifteen years" or the words " No male person over the age of eighteen years."
2. Clause 25 of the War Regulations of the 24th day of July, 1916, is hereby amended by substituting the words " fifteen years" for the words " eighteen years."
3. In the following regulations " passport " means a passport which has been issued by the Government of the country of which the person to whom it relates is a subject or citizen, and which is still in force, or some other document satisfactory establishing the nationality or identity of the person to whom it relates, to which passport or document there is attached a photograph of the person to whom it relates.
4. After the first day of October, 1916, no person whose age exceeds fifteen years shall land at any place in New Zealand from any place beyond the seas unless he has in his possession a passport which has been issued to him not more than two years before his arrival in New Zealand, and which, in the case of a person coming from a foreign country, has been issued or vised by the British Ambassador or a British Consul in that country, and in the case of a person coming from any part of the British Dominions has been issued or vised by some public official thereof duly authorized in that behalf.
5. (1.) The last preceding regulation shall not apply to—
   (a.) Any person returning from the Commonwealth of Australia, if he is in possession of a permit to visit the Commonwealth issued to him under the authority of the War Regulations relating to such permits:
   (b.) Any person visiting New Zealand from the Commonwealth of Australia, if he is in possession of a permit to visit New Zealand issued to him by or under the authority of the Department of External Affairs of the Commonwealth:
   (c.) Any person visiting New Zealand from the Cook Islands or that part of Samoa in the military occupation of His Majesty, if he is in possession of a permit to visit New Zealand issued to him by a resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands or by the Administrator of Samoa, as the case may be:
   (d.) Any person resident in New Zealand returning to New Zealand on a return ticket issued to him in New Zealand:
   (e.) Any member of the naval or military forces of any part of the British Dominions entering New Zealand on duty:
   (f.) Any person arriving in New Zealand as the master or a member of the crew of the vessel in which he arrives.
   (2.) The Minister of Internal Affairs, or any person authorized by him to grant exemptions, may exempt any person from any or all of the provisions of the last preceding regulation. If such exemption is granted subject to any condition, and the person to whom it is granted fails to comply with that condition, he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.