REGULATION 3.—DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SERVICE.

(1) There shall from time to time be appointed for the purposes of these regulations an officer of the Public Service, to be called the Director of National Service, who shall be subject to the control of the Minister.

(2) On the occurrence from any cause of a vacancy in the office of Director, and in case of the absence from duty of the Director (from whatever cause arising), and so long as the vacancy or absence continues, the powers and functions of the Director may be exercised and performed by any person authorized in that behalf by the Minister.

(3) The fact that any person exercises or performs any power or function of the Director with the concurrence of the Minister shall be conclusive evidence of his authority so to do.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation the powers and functions of the Director shall be deemed to include such of the powers of the Minister as the Director may for the time being be authorized to exercise pursuant to a delegation under the next succeeding regulation.

REGULATION 4.—DELEGATION OF POWERS BY MINISTER AND DIRECTOR.

(1) The Minister or the Director may from time to time, either generally or in respect of any particular area or in respect of any particular class of activity, delegate to any person any of his powers and functions, including the power of delegation conferred by this regulation.

(2) Subject to the next succeeding clause every person to whom any powers or functions are delegated by the Minister or by the Director may, without confirmation by the Minister or the Director, exercise or perform them in the same manner and with the same effect as the Minister or Director could himself have exercised or performed them.

(3) Every such person shall be subject in all things to the control of the Minister and of the Director, and shall act in accordance with all directions, general or special, given to him by the Minister or by the Director.

(4) Any delegation under this regulation may be made to a specified person or class of persons or to the holder or holders for the time being of a specified office or class of offices, whether in the Government service or otherwise.

(5) The fact that any person exercises any power or function of the Minister or of the Director shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be sufficient evidence that he has been authorized so to do by a delegation under this regulation.

THE GENERAL RESERVE.

REGULATION 5.—GENERAL RESERVE.

(1) There is hereby established a General Reserve, which shall consist of—

(a) Every person who at the commencement of these regulations has attained the age of sixteen years and is resident in New Zealand:

(b) Every person who attains the age of sixteen years at any time after the commencement of these regulations, being at that time resident in New Zealand:

(c) Every person who becomes resident in New Zealand at any time after the commencement of these regulations, having at that time attained the age of sixteen years.

(2) The Minister may from time to time divide the Reserve into such classes as he thinks fit.

(3) After any class of male reservists has been enrolled as hereinafter provided, the Minister may from time to time divide that class into such subdivisions as he thinks fit, and every such subdivision shall for the purposes of these regulations be deemed to be a separate class of the Reserve.