Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2875

men who have served or offered to serve in the war, or who are for any proper reason exempt from any obligation to serve therein:

Now, therefore, 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 the said Dominion, do hereby, in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1914, make the following regulations, and revoke the regulations made for the like purpose under the said Act on the eleventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen; and I do hereby, with the like advice and consent, declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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REGULATIONS.

1. The Minister of Defence may approve of a badge to be worn on the arm by men—
   (a.) 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 honourably discharged therefrom; or
   (b.) Who have been voluntarily enlisted or enrolled for active service in the present war but have not yet been called up; or who have offered themselves for active service in the present war but have been rejected or exempted because of inability to fulfil the requirements of the Defence Department, or because of their engagement in any essential industry or employment.

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 men 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 man to whom it is issued, and the reasons for its issue.

5. Every man 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 of any constable, or of any warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of an Expeditionary Force or of the Permanent Staff produce the said card for his inspection.

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

7. No man other than a man to whom such a badge has been duly issued by a military officer shall wear any badge so approved by the Minister of Defence.

8. No man, whether a badge has been so duly issued to him or not, shall wear upon his arm any badge of any description whatever other than—
   (a.) An approved badge lawfully issued to him under these regulations or under the War Regulations of the 29th day of March, 1916, relative to the officers and crews of transports; or
   (b.) A badge indicative of military, naval, or official rank; or
   (c.) A badge indicative of mourning.

9. No man to whom an approved badge has been issued under these regulations shall wear that badge, whether on his arm or otherwise, in any mutilated or substantially altered form.

10. Every badge approved by the Minister of Defence before the coming into operation of these regulations under paragraphs (a), (c), or (d) of clause 2 of the regulations hereby revoked shall be deemed to have been approved under paragraph (b) of the present regulations.

11. Every badge approved by the Minister of Defence before the coming into operation of these regulations under paragraph (b) of clause 2 of the regulations hereby revoked shall be deemed to have been approved under paragraph (a) of the present regulations.

12. All badges and cards issued under the regulations hereby revoked shall be deemed to have been issued under the present regulations.

13. These regulations shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Regulations of the 10th day of November, 1914.

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