11 JUNE

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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your successors and any officer, being an officer not below the rank of Air Commodore, for the time being performing the duties of the Chief of the Air Staff.

As witness the hand of His Excellency, the Administrator of the Government, this 29th day of May 1970.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

Revocation of General Court Martial Warrant Given Under Section 103 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950

RICHARD WILD, Administrator of the Government

To: The Chief of the Air Staff for the time being of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

WHEREAS I am empowered by the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950 to authorise and empower you from time to time and as occasion may require to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of any person subject to the said Act who is charged with an offence for which such person may be tried by Court Martial and to confirm the findings and sentences of such Courts Martial and also to authorise and empower you to direct your Warrant to any officer under your command not below the rank of Squadron Leader, granting to him the like powers:

And whereas by Warrant dated the 24th day of December 1953 published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 3, of the 14th day of January 1954, at page 75, authority as aforesaid was granted to you:

And whereas I have executed a further Warrant in substitution thereof:

Now, therefore, I, the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Richard Churton Wild, the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand, do hereby cancel and revoke the said Warrant dated the 24th day of December 1953 and all Warrants issued thereunder.

As witness the hand of His Excellency, the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand, this 29th day of May 1970.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

Revocation of Authority by the Chief of the Air Staff for the Convening of General Courts Martial

To: The Air Member for Personnel for the time being of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December 1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer of the Air Force not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of any person who is subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950, and also to exercise (subject to the provisions of the said Warrant) in respect of the proceedings of such Courts Martial the power of confirming the findings or sentences thereof according to law, or of directing him to reserve for my confirmation the proceedings of all or any such Courts Martial:

And whereas on the 15th day of January 1954 authority was delegated to you to convene Courts Martial and to confirm the findings and sentences thereof, such delegation being published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 6, on the 21st day of January 1954, at page 102:

And whereas the circumstances which gave rise to such delegation no longer exist:

Now, therefore, I hereby cancel and revoke the said delegation of authority.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of May 1970.

W. H. STRATTON, Air Vice Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Revocation of Authority by the Chief of the Air Staff for the Convening of General Courts Martial

To the Director of Postings and Personal Services for the time being of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

WHEREAS I am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December 1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer of the Air Force not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of any person who is subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950, and also to exercise (subject to the provisions of the said Warrant) in respect of the proceedings of such Courts Martial the power of confirming the findings or sentences thereof according to law, or of directing him to reserve for my confirmation the proceedings of all or any such Courts Martial:

And whereas on the 15th day of January 1954 authority was delegated to you to convene Courts Martial and to confirm the findings and sentences thereof, such delegation being published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 6, on the 21st day of January 1954, at page 110:

And whereas the circumstances which gave rise to such delegation no longer exist:

Now, therefore, I hereby cancel and revoke the said delegation of authority.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of May 1970.

W. H. STRATTON, Air Vice Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

General Courts Martial Warrant Issued Under the Authority of the Chief of the Air Staff

To the Senior Air Liaison Officer for the time being of the New Zealand Defence Liaison Staff, London.

WHEREAS I, Air Vice Marshal William Hector Stratton, C.B.E., D.F.C., am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the 29th day of May 1970 to direct my Warrant to any officer under my command not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of any person subject to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950 under his command who is charged with any offence for which that person may be tried by Court Martial, and in respect of the proceedings of such Courts Martial (excepting the proceedings which I in my discretion direct him to reserve for my confirmation or other decision or the proceedings which he thinks fit so to do) to exercise the powers of a confirming officer according to law:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the said Warrant, I do hereby authorise and empower you from time to time, as occasion may require, to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of any person under your command who is charged with an offence for which that person may be tried by Court Martial, whether such offence was committed before or after the date of this Warrant or the date of your appointment to the above office:

And I do also hereby empower you in respect of any such Courts Martial to confirm the findings and sentences thereof and to cause any such sentence to be put in execution according to law:

Provided always that if by the sentence of any general Court Martial a commissioned officer has been sentenced to suffer death, imprisonment, cashiering, or dismissal from Her Majesty’s service, or an airman has by any Court Martial been sentenced to suffer death or imprisonment for a period in excess of 2 years, you shall in such case, as also in the case of any other Court Martial in which you shall think fit so to do, transmit the proceedings thereof to the Chief of the Air Staff for his confirmation or other decision thereon:

And I do hereby further empower you to appoint a fit person to execute the office of Judge Advocate at any Court Martial for the more orderly proceedings of same:

And for so doing, this shall be to you, as to all others whom it may concern, a sufficient warrant.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 3rd day of June 1970.

W. H. STRATTON, Air Vice Marshal,
Chief of the Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Revocation of Authority by the Chief of the Air Staff for the Convening of General Courts Martial

To the Senior Air Liaison Officer for the time being of the New Zealand Defence Liaison Staff, London.

WHEREAS I, Air Vice Marshal William Hector Stratton, C.B.E., D.F.C., am empowered by Warrant of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the 24th day of December 1953 to direct my Warrant to any officer of the Air Force not below the rank of Squadron Leader, giving him a general authority to convene general Courts Martial for the trial of any person