SEPT. 30] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1163

Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1943.

IT is hereby notified for general information that advice has been received from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs of the following additional Statute of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

ADDITIONAL STATUTE

SEAL OF
THE ORDER

GEORGE R.I.

GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, and Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, to all to whom these Presents shall come.

Greeting!

WHEREAS by the Fifty-second and last Clause of the Statutes of the MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE bearing date the Thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, power was reserved to the Sovereign of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with the same or any part thereof by a notification under the Royal Sign Manual.

AND WHEREAS WE deem it expedient to make some alterations in the Twenty-first, Thirty-sixth and Fortieth of the aforesaid Statutes.

WE therefore in pursuance and in exercise of the power so vested in Us do annul the said Twenty-first, Thirty-sixth and Fortieth of the aforesaid Statutes, and the same are hereby annulled accordingly; and in lieu thereof We have made, ordained and established and by these Presents sealed with the Seal of the Order, do make, ordain and establish the following Statutes:—

XXI. It is ordained that the name of every person, other than a foreign person, to be appointed to be a Member of any Class of the Civil Division of this Our said Order shall be laid before Us, Our heirs and successors, by Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion, and that the name of every person, other than a foreign person, to be appointed to be a Member of any Class of the Military Division shall be laid before Us, Our heirs and successors, by Our First Lord of the Admiralty, Our Secretary of State for War, or Our Secretary of State for Air as may be appropriate, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion.

XXXVI. It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our heirs and successors, by an Ordinance, signed by the Sovereign and sealed with the Seal of the Order, and, with regard to Members of any Class of the Civil Division, on a recommendation to that effect by Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion, or, in the case of foreign persons, by Our Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or, with regard to Members of any Class of the Military Division, on a recommendation to that effect by our First Lord of the Admiralty, Our Secretary of State for War or Our Secretary of State for Air, or, in the case of and of our Dominions the Government whereof shall so desire, by the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion, to cancel and annul the appointment of any person to this Order, and that thereupon his or her name in the Register shall be erased; and that it shall be competent for the Sovereign to restore to the Order any person whose appointment may have been so cancelled and annulled when such recommendation has been withdrawn.

XL. It is further ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our heirs and successors, by an Ordinance signed by the Sovereign and sealed with the Seal of the Order and, with regard to persons holding the Medal of the Civil Division, on a recommendation to that effect by Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion, or, in the case of foreign persons, by Our Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or, with regard

Recites Statutes, 30th July, 1937.

Names submitted for appointment to the Civil Division to be submitted to the Sovereign by the Prime Minister or the appropriate Dominion Minister.

Names submitted for appointment to the Military Division to be submitted to the Sovereign by the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretaries of State for War or Air, or the appropriate Dominion Minister.

Cancellation of Appointments to the Order.