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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 77

V. ENTRY, APPOINTMENT, OBLIGATORY TRAINING, AND PROMOTION.

18. Service to be World-wide.—All officers shall enter for general service (except Skippers, who shall be entered for Patrol Service only), and shall be available to serve wherever they may be required, both at home and abroad.

19. To be British Subjects.—No applicant shall be appointed to the Reserves unless he is the son of natural-born or naturalized British subjects.

20. Interview and Medical Examination.—(1.) Every candidate for enrolment in the R.N.R. (N.Z.D.) shall before entry present himself before a Board of selection composed of members of the R.N.R. (N.Z.D.) Advisory Committee (see articles 55 and 56 of these regulations), and every candidate for enrolment in the R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.) shall similarly present himself before a Board of selection composed of members of the R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.) Committee (see articles 115 and 116 of these regulations).

(2.) Every candidate for enrolment in the Reserves shall pass a medical examination as to physical fitness for service in the branch which he wishes to enter. (See article 9 of these regulations as to oath on entry.)

21. Probation.—All officers shall be entered on probation, and shall not be confirmed in their rank until they have served for at least one year as probationary officers, have completed the prescribed period of training, and have been recommended for confirmation by the Commanding Officer of the ship or establishment in which their training was performed.

22. War Service in late War.—(1.) Candidates for the Reserves who served afloat during the late war as officers in the R.N., R.N.R., or R.N.V.R. shall not be required to join as probationers. Such officers may, if eligible by age under these regulations, be entered in the rank last held in the Naval Service, and may count their sea service in that rank towards their seniority in the Reserves, provided that by so doing they do not enter senior to any pre-war Imperial Reserve officer of similar rank.

(2.) Officers who joined the R.N., R.N.R., or R.N.V.R. during the late war, but who performed no sea service, shall enter as probationers, and shall not count their war service towards seniority, except at the discretion of the Naval Board.

23. Temporary and Honorary Officers.—(1.) Officers referred to in article 29 of these regulations who are ineligible on account of age to join the Reserves under these regulations may, at the discretion of the Naval Board, be granted honorary commissions therein in the rank last held by them in the Naval Forces, or in the next higher rank if the length of service performed in the lower rank warrants such promotion.

(2.) The Naval Board may recommend the grant of temporary and honorary appointments in such ranks as they may deem appropriate to persons not belonging to the Reserves, either with or without the calling-out of the Reserves.

(3.) Temporary officers while employed as such shall be entitled to the rank, pay, and allowances of the actual rank in the Reserves to which they are temporarily appointed, or to such special pay and allowances as may be decided upon by the Naval Board at the time of their appointment, and shall be subject to the same regulations as permanent officers of the Reserves.

24. Subject to Naval Discipline Act.—While borne on the books of H.M. ships or establishments for voluntary service, for naval training or for actual service, officers shall be subject to the Naval Discipline Act, and when so serving shall be considered for the purposes of that Act in all respects as officers of H.M. ships.

VI. PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

25. Full Pay.—(1.) When called out for actual service or when undergoing naval training in H.M. ships and establishments, officers of the Reserves shall receive the full pay of the ranks in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy the equivalent of which they hold, or such special pay as may by the Naval Board be determined. Only mobilized or actual sea service in the Navy shall count towards increase of pay.

(2.) Officers who served in the late war and are entered in the Reserves in the rank they held on demobilization may count their previous mobilized seagoing service in that rank towards higher rates of pay in that rank.

(3.) Skippers, Chief Skippers, and Skipper-Lieutenants shall receive the rates of pay laid down for Warrant Officers (and officers promoted therefrom) of the non-mechanical branches.

(4.) Officers when embarked for periodical training shall receive pay from the date of appearance to the date of discharge. Officers appointed for service with the Naval Forces shall receive pay from date of appointment, provided there has been no unnecessary delay in joining.