Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3209

APPENDIX VIII.

Order in Council modifying and adapting the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, to the Requirements of the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1921.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by the Naval Defence Act, 1913, that the Naval Discipline Acts for the time being in force in relation to the King’s Naval Forces shall, subject to the first-mentioned Act and to any modifications and adaptations prescribed by the regulations, apply to the New Zealand Naval Forces: And whereas the Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911, declares that where provision has been made for the application of the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, in any self-governing Dominion that Act shall have effect as if references therein to His Majesty’s Navy and His Majesty’s ships included the forces and ships raised and provided by the Dominion, subject to such modifications and adaptations (if any) as may be made by the law of the Dominion, including such adaptations as may be so made for the purpose of authorizing or requiring anything to be done by or to the Admiralty or Secretary of the Admiralty, to be done by or to the Governor-General or by or to such person as may be vested with the authority by the Governor-General in Council:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and the said Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, hereby make the following regulations to come into operation forthwith.

REGULATIONS.

1. IN the construction of the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, and its amendments, and all Orders in Council, regulations, or other rules or Acts thereunder, unless there is something in the context or subject-matter repugnant to or inconsistent with such construction, “Admiralty” or “the Lords of the Admiralty” shall include (as far as relates to forces and ships of the New Zealand Naval Forces) the Naval Board as constituted in and for the Dominion of New Zealand by Order in Council of the 14th March, 1921, but concurrently therewith the Admiralty, as defined in the said Naval Discipline Act or its amendments, shall have in respect of the New Zealand Forces all the powers and authorities therein given, and, in addition, all the powers and authorities of the Naval Board.

2. Where not inconsistent with the construction to be placed on the subject-matter of the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, and its amendments, and all Orders in Council, regulations, or other rules thereunder, the words “New Zealand” shall be read in lieu of the words “England” or “United Kingdom” or “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” wherever they occur.

3. Section 53 (1) shall be read as if the words “the Governor-General” were substituted for the words “His Majesty,” and section 57 (2) as if the words “The Naval Board or” were inserted before the words “the Commander-in-Chief on a foreign station.” Sections 53 (3) and 81 (1) shall be read as if the words “the Governor-General” were substituted for the word “Admiralty” in each instance. Section 69 shall be amended by omitting the words from “not sooner” to “if elsewhere.”

4. Section 98A (1) shall be read as if after the word “father” were inserted the words “and for pre-maternity and maternity expenses in connection with such bastard child.” The words “daily pay” occurring in this section shall be read as referring to “daily pay and allowances (exclusive of deferred pay and value of rations and quarters or allowances in lieu thereof)”; and in lieu of the scale given in clause (2) following the words “a portion of such daily pay not exceeding” shall be read—

In respect of a wife and child, or two or more children: Four-fifths.

In respect of a wife or one child alone: Three-fifths.

In respect of a bastard child, or in respect of prematurity and maternity expenses in connection with a bastard child: Two-fifths.