New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 3

Page 82

✨ Governor-General's Deputy Appointment



And whereas by the Deputy Governor's Powers Act, 1912, all the powers and
authorities conferred on or vested in the Governor-General by any Act or law in
force in New Zealand, as well as the powers and authorities conferred upon or vested
in the Governor-General by the said Letters Patent, shall and may be exercised by
the person appointed by the Governor-General to be his Deputy:

And whereas I have occasion to visit the Commonwealth of Australia, and in so
doing shall be temporarily absent from the seat of Government and from the
Dominion for a short period, and, there being no Lieutenant-Governor in the
Dominion, I have deemed it expedient to appoint a Deputy during such temporary
absence, with such powers and authorities on my behalf as are hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, know ye that, for the purposes aforesaid, and in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited
Letters Patent, and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf,
I, GEORGE VERE ARUNDELL, VISCOUNT GALWAY, as such Governor-General as aforesaid,
do, by these presents issued under the Public Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand,
constitute and appoint the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL MYERS, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice
of the said Dominion, to be my Deputy during the period of my temporary absence as
aforesaid—that is to say, from the date of my departure from the seat of Government
or from the Dominion until the date of my return there—and in that
capacity for me and on my behalf to exercise, perform, and execute all the powers
and authorities vested in me as such Governor-General by the said Letters Patent
or by any Act or law in force in the Dominion:

And I hereby declare that the power and authority hereby conferred shall commence and take effect at and after 10 p.m. on the twentieth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight:

And I expressly direct that my said Deputy shall, in the exercise of all or any
of the said powers and authorities, conform to and abide by the requirements of any
law, statute, or regulation in force in the Dominion respecting the same, and also
to the hereinbefore—in—part—recited Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions
accompanying the same so far as they are applicable.

In witness whereof I have caused these presents to be passed under the
Public Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand, and have hereunto set
my hand, this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight.

GALWAY, Governor-General.


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🏛️ Appointment of a Deputy of the Governor-General (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
20 January 1938
Governor-General, Deputy, Appointment, Royal Commission, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Michael Myers (Right Honourable Sir), Appointed Deputy Governor-General

  • GEORGE VERE ARUNDELL, VISCOUNT GALWAY, Governor-General