New Zealand Gazette – 1996 – No. 29

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✨ Appointment of Governor-General

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WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 22 MARCH 1996 — ISSUE NO. 29

ELIZABETH R

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD QUEEN OF NEW ZEALAND AND HER OTHER REALMS AND TERRITORIES, HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH:

To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Michael Hardie Boys, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:

GREETING!

I.
We do by this Our Commission under the Seal of New Zealand, appoint you, the said The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hardie Boys, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand.

II.
And We do hereby authorise and empower you to exercise the powers and authorities conferred on Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief by Our Letters Patent under the Seal of New Zealand bearing date the 28th day of October 1983 and constituting the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand, or by any other Letters Patent, altering, amending, or substituting for the same.

III.
And We do hereby command you to do and execute those powers and authorities according to—

(a) The tenor of the said Letters Patent and of this Our Commission; and

(b) Such laws as are now or shall hereafter be in force in Our Realm of New Zealand or in any part thereof.

IV.
And We do hereby declare that this Our Commission shall take effect on the 21st day of March 1996.

V.
We do hereby direct—

(a) That you shall, as soon as convenient after this Our Commission takes effect, and before entering on any of the duties of the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, cause this Our Commission to be publicly read in accordance with clause V of the said Letters Patent; and

(b) That you shall, immediately after this Our Commission has been so publicly read, take, as required by the said Letters Patent—

(i) The Oath of Allegiance, and

(ii) The Oath for the due execution of the office of Governor-General.

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