1556
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

SCHEDULE.

DEFINITIONS.

In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
“Active service”: The term “on active service,” as applied to a person subject to military law, means whenever he is attached to or forms part of a Force which is engaged in operations against the enemy, or is engaged in military operations in a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or is in military occupation of any foreign country, and as further defined in the Army Act:
“Area” means a geographical subdivision of a regimental district:
“Army Act” means the Imperial Army Act called “The Army Act,” and includes any Act continuing or amending the same:
“Cadet” means Senior Cadet as defined in the Defence Act:
“Camp” means any special assembly of any portion of the Defence Forces for instruction or training and exercise at a particular place authorized or ordered by the General Officer Commanding, or other competent authority, to be a camp.
“Company,” &c., means a squadron, battery, or company; or, in the case of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Army Service Corps, N.Z. Medical Corps, and N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, a depot:
“Command” means a military district as constituted under the Defence Act:
“Commandant” or “General Officer Commanding” means the officer appointed by the Governor-General to command the N.Z. Military Forces and to have charge of the land and air defences of New Zealand:
“Defence Act” means the New Zealand Defence Act, 1909, and includes any Act amending the same:
“Gazette” means the New Zealand Gazette:
“General Training Section,” which for the purposes of these regulations is included in the Non-effective List, includes all persons liable for training in a Territorial unit but who are not posted to a Territorial unit on account of living beyond the prescribed distance from a training-centre, or of being surplus to the authorized establishment:
“King’s Regulations” means the “King’s Regulations” and “Orders for the Army and the Army Reserve,” as issued by the Army Council:
“Military Forces” means all officers, non-commissioned officers, and men in the Permanent Forces, the Territorial Force and Senior Cadets, General Training Section, and Reserve, and includes any volunteer body enrolled in the Forces under the authority of the Governor-General for special service within or beyond New Zealand:
“Military Orders” or “General Orders” means orders issued by the General Officer Commanding, or any officer acting under authority of the General Officer Commanding:
“Non-commissioned officer” includes any acting non-commissioned officer:
“Non-effective List” embraces all males liable for military training under the Defence Act who are not called upon to train on account of living beyond the prescribed training radius, or who are undergoing their training in the N.Z. Division of the Royal Navy or the N.Z. Royal Naval Reserve, or who are surplus to the authorized establishment:
“Oath”: The expression “oath” and “swear,” and other expressions relating thereto, include “affirmation” or “declaration,” “affirm” or “declare,” and expressions relating thereto, in cases where an affirmation or declaration is by law allowed instead of an oath:
“Officer” means any commissioned officer appointed under the Defence Act to the Military Forces or to any branch thereof, or any officer of the Military or Air Forces of the British Empire duly attached or appointed for duty with the N.Z. Forces:
“Peace establishments”: The peace establishment of a unit is the number of officers and other ranks, and animals, guns, and vehicles, authorized to be maintained in peace:
“Regiment”: The term “regiment” means the regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, a regiment of Mounted Rifles, the regiment of N.Z. Artillery, and a regiment of Infantry:
“Rules of Procedure” means “The Rules of Procedure” issued under the authority of the Army Act:
“Soldier” means any warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or man enlisted or enrolled in any portion of the Military Forces, other than a Cadet unit or a Rifle Club:
“Superior officer”: This expression means not only a superior in rank, but also a senior in the same rank or grade where that seniority gives power of command according to the usage of the service, and also includes a non-commissioned officer or acting non-commissioned officer:
“Trainee”: One who is liable under the Defence Act to undergo training in the Defence Forces:
“Unit” means an Air Force depot or squadron; a regiment of Mounted Rifles; a battery or depot of Artillery; a field squadron, field troop, field company, or depot of Engineers; a squadron, company, troop, section, or depot of the Signal Corps; a battalion of Infantry; a company or depot of the Army Service Corps; a mounted field ambulance, a field ambulance, a casualty clearing-station, hospital, or depot of the Medical Corps; a section or depot of the Veterinary Corps; a company, section, or depot of the Ordnance Corps; a battalion of Cadets.
“War establishments”: The war establishment of a unit is the number of officers and other ranks, and animals, guns, and vehicles, authorized for war.