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5. An officer qualified to sit as a member of a court-martial by section 58 (2) of the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, being a member of the Naval Board, ordering a court-martial or granting a commission to an officer authorizing him to order courts-martial, shall be competent to sit on any court-martial ordered by such Naval Board or under such commission, notwithstanding section 58 (13) of the said Act.

6. The terms “His Majesty’s Navy” and “His Majesty’s Naval Forces” in the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, and its amendments, and all Orders in Council, regulations, and other rules and Acts thereunder, shall be deemed to include the forces raised and provided by the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Union of South Africa, and Newfoundland; and the term “His Majesty’s Service” shall be deemed to include service in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

APPENDIX IX.

Order in Council of 30th July, 1928, relative to Naval Board.

Naval Board constituted under the Naval Defence Act, 1913: Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of July, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby revoke an Order in Council of fourteenth March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, constituting a Naval Board, and do hereby make the following regulations to come into operation forthwith.

SCHEDULE.

NAVAL BOARD CONSTITUTED UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT, 1913.

1. THE Naval Board shall be hereby constituted in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

2. The Naval Board shall be composed of the Minister of Defence (President) and the following members:—
   The Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station as First Naval Member.
   A Captain, Royal Navy, as the Second Naval Member.
   The Secretary to the Commodore Commanding shall be appointed as Secretary to the Naval Board, but he shall not sit as a member of the Board.

3. The Naval Board shall be charged with the control of all matters relating to the Naval Forces, upon the policy directed by the Minister, and shall have executive command of the Naval Forces. The Governor-General may delegate to the Naval Board the functions, and commission it to execute the office of Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces.

4. Except as prescribed, the members of the Naval Board shall act as a whole. The orders of the Board shall be issued over the signature of the Secretary, or such other official as the Board may authorize to act for him.

5. The Naval Board shall meet weekly, or as may be directed by the Minister, or, in his absence, by the Senior Naval Member of the Board present. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

6. All decisions of the Board which involve a matter of policy, or important principle, an increased vote, or any new expenditure, shall be submitted for Cabinet approval.

7. A representative of the Treasury shall be charged with the duty of keeping account of expenditure, with a view to ensuring that it is kept within the estimates.

8. The Minister shall have the general direction and supervision of all business.

The special sphere of each member of the Naval Board, other than the Minister, shall be such as the Board may decide from time to time, being guided by the following distribution of business:—
First Naval Member: Operations of war and all Staff business—all large questions of Naval policy and maritime warfare.
Second Naval Member: Personnel and material.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.