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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913, amended.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of June, 1936.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. M. J. SAVAGE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby amend and supplement the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown therein.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE (NEW ZEALAND DIVISION) (MEN), 1922.

ARTICLE 4.—Delete the last sentence (from “Men . . . or not.”).

ARTICLE 5.—Penultimate line: For “ability” read “efficiency”.

ARTICLE 8.—Period of Enrolment: In first line, between the words “classes” and “will”, insert “except Class D provided for in paragraph 2 below”.

Add paragraph 2:—

2. The period of enrolment in Class D will be, in the first instance, for four years. Subsequent re-enrolments of ratings who are recommended may be accepted for periods of two years up to a maximum of twenty years’ total service.

III. RATING ON ENTRY AND ADVANCEMENT.

Classes C and D.

ARTICLE 30.—Cancel, and substitute:—

30. Seamen, Signalmen, and Telegraphists (except Telegraphists of the Post and Telegraph Department, who enrol in Class C as Telegraphists) will be entered as Ordinary Seamen.

31. Ordinary Seamen who on enrolment volunteer for the communications branches are in the first instance to be given adequate instruction in the general duties of a seaman, and seamanship instruction including boat work. They may then be transferred to the rating of Ordinary Signalman or Ordinary Telegraphist with their original seniority as Ordinary Seamen subject to the conditions set out in Article 37, para. 5 (i). There is no objection to such Ordinary Seamen receiving V/S and W/T instruction at the same time as their initial training as seamen, but the object of this regulation is to ensure that the men are first trained as seamen before becoming Signalmen and Telegraphists.

Qualifications for Advancement.

ARTICLE 37.—Cancel matter contained in first five subheadings, and substitute:—

37. Qualifications for advancement in Class D will be as follows:—

(1) Ordinary Seaman to Able Seaman.—To qualify for advancement an ordinary seaman must—

(a) Have completed one year’s service as Ordinary Seaman:

(b) Have qualified as “efficient” at Headquarters. (Article 42B):

(c) Have performed not less than fourteen days’ Naval training in a seagoing vessel:

(d) Have passed qualifying examinations at Headquarters in seamanship and gunnery.

(2) Able Seaman to Leading Seaman.—(a) Advancement will be governed by selection, and is to be on an “acting” basis for a minimum period of one year, during which the rating is to be regarded as on probation. At the end of this probationary period the rating may, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, be confirmed, provided that he has carried out the training laid down in clause (b) as Leading Seaman, or be required to serve further probationary time, or be reverted to Able Seaman.