1566
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General.

118. Officers, not exceeding six in number (two from the Permanent Forces and four from the Territorial Force), may be appointed Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General in recognition of gallantry or distinguished service in the field, or meritorious service in the interests of the Dominion. Officers eligible for the above distinction must, during their term of office, be on the Active List or Reserve of Officers, and their rank must not be below that of Lieut.-Colonel. The appointments will be for the term of the appointment of the Governor-General to whom they are attached, and will automatically terminate when the Governor-General vacates office.

Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon to the Governor-General.

119. Officers of the N.Z. Medical Corps, not exceeding two in number, may be appointed Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon respectively to the Governor-General in recognition of distinguished conduct in the field, or meritorious service in the interests of the Dominion.

The conditions as regards eligibility and term of appointment will be the same as for Honorary Aides-de-Camp.

Colonels of Regiments.

120. The appointment of Colonel of a regiment will be filled by selection from past and present Governors-General, from General Officers or Brigade Commanders on the Active or Retired Lists, from past Commanding Officers of the regiment concerned, and from distinguished officers other than those of the N.Z. Forces.

121. Colonels of regiments so appointed shall vacate such appointments on attaining the age of seventy years.

122. These appointments are purely honorary, and confer no right of command, and are reserved for officers and others who have rendered valuable, distinguished, or gallant service to New Zealand, and will be made by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding.

PROMOTION.

General.

123. Promotion will, except in special cases, be governed by establishment, but no officer, except as provided in paras. 125 and 128, will be eligible for promotion until he has passed the prescribed examination.

124. Promotion to complete establishment will, unless otherwise specified, be by selection. In all cases where a promotion will entail the supersession of one or more officers the recommendation will specify the reasons for the supersession, and must be accompanied by a certificate that any officer who would be superseded has been notified.

125. Officers who hold a Staff College certificate will be exempt from all examinations for promotion up to the rank of Major.

126. No promotion shall be granted to any officer on retiring, except as provided in para. 182, or on transfer to the Reserve.

127. The General Officer Commanding may recommend that temporary or acting rank be granted to officers who are called upon to perform the duties of a rank or appointment higher than their substantive rank. Unless otherwise specially provided for, such temporary or acting rank shall be relinquished automatically from the date on which the officer ceases to perform the duties of the higher rank or appointment.

128. An officer whose turn for promotion occurs whilst he is on active service, or whilst medically unfit by reason of wounds or disease contracted on active service, may be provisionally promoted, subject to passing the promotion examination at the first available opportunity; or may be promoted without examination if he is holding at the time his turn comes for promotion, and has held for a period of six months, the higher rank in the field.

Promotion of Officers of the New Zealand Permanent Forces.

129. The promotion of officers in the Permanent Forces will be governed by establishment, and will be made by selection, subject to the following conditions:—

(i.) Lieutenants will be promoted to the rank of Captain after seven years’ commissioned service.

(ii.) In making selections for promotion to the rank of Major and upwards the chief considerations will be professional qualifications, efficiency, and character; and only when these are approximately equal in the cases of two or more candidates will consideration be given to length of service.

(iii.) No officer will be considered eligible for promotion until he has passed the necessary qualifying examination for the higher rank as laid down for officers of the British Regular Forces.

(iv.) Except as provided in subpara. (vii) hereof, in addition to the requirements mentioned in subpara. (iii) hereof a Captain, before being eligible for promotion, will require to have served for five years in the rank of Captain.

(v.) Officers will require to be reported upon as in all respects efficient and qualified for promotion, and to be passed as medically fit for service in the field.

(vi.) Officers suffering from disabilities as a result of active service in the field may be promoted notwithstanding such disabilities, providing they are in other respects eligible.

(vii.) Officers specially recommended for accelerated promotion may at any time be promoted to the next higher rank to complete establishment.

130. The promotion of officers in the N.Z. Army Pay Corps and N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps will be governed by the same conditions as those governing promotion in other branches of the N.Z. Permanent Forces, except that the necessary qualifying examination will be one set specially for the N.Z. Army Pay Corps and N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.

131. Officers who are commissioned from a military college shall be credited with seniority in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant equivalent to the period (if any) by which their course at such military college exceeded the length of the corresponding course at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, provided such extension was not due to failure to graduate in the normal time.

Promotion of Officers of the Territorial Force.

132. Promotion of officers of the Territorial Force will be governed by establishment. In the case of Infantry regiments which have Cadet battalions attached, such establishment will be the regimental establishment plus the establishment laid down for Cadet battalions.

133. No officer below the rank of Lieut.-Colonel will, except under special authority from the General Officer Commanding, be promoted until he has served for periods as set out below, has passed the qualifying examination, and, except in the cases of officers of the N.Z. Medical Corps, N.Z. Dental Corps, N.Z. Veterinary Corps, and N.Z. Army Legal Department, has attended a course of instruction of six successive days and gained a satisfactory report thereat:—

Lieutenant—after two years’ efficient service as 2nd Lieutenant.

Captain—after three years’ efficient service as Lieutenant.

Major—after five years’ efficient service as Captain.

134. Qualification at an approved voluntary course of the same duration will count for the purpose of para. 133.

135. Promotion to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel and Colonel will be by selection as required, irrespective of the length of service in the next lower rank.

136. An officer of a Territorial Force unit seconded for active service overseas with any other unit may be promoted in his turn in the unit from which he has been seconded, subject to the conditions of para. 133.

137. Quartermasters may be promoted without examination, subject to a favourable recommendation by the commanding officer, on completing length of service as follows:—

To Captain—after six years’ commissioned service.

To Major—after twelve years’ commissioned service.

TRANSFER OF OFFICERS.

Officers of the N.Z. Permanent Forces.

138. Officers of the Permanent Forces may be transferred from one regiment, corps, or department of the Permanent Forces to another.

Officers of the Territorial Force.

139. An officer desiring to transfer from one unit or corps of the Territorial Force to another will make application to his commanding officer, who will forward the application as directed in Appendix XIII.

140. In the event of an officer moving from one regimental district to another, the O.C. Command to which the officer has moved is empowered to post the officer in question to a suitable unit, and such officer may be borne supernumerary until such time as he becomes absorbed into the establishment. (For seniority on transfer see paras. 94 and 95).

141. An officer who desires to be transferred from one arm to another in the Territorial Force will, unless he has passed the prescribed examination for the new arm, be attached for a period not exceeding twelve months to a unit of the new arm pending transfer thereto, and will be required before transfer to qualify for his rank in the new arm in the subjects in which he has not already qualified.

142. An officer of the N.Z. Air Force on reaching the age-limit of his rank in any class (vide para. 168), if considered suitable, may be permitted to transfer, at the discretion of the General Officer Commanding from Class A to Class B or C, or from Class B to Class C.

SECONDING.

143. Officers may be seconded—

(a.) When undergoing courses of instruction or attachment to the Regular Army in England or in India, for periods of more than one year :