LIVERPOOL, Governor.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLI, Issue 3, 26 January 1916, Page 56

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Additional Regulations under the War Regulation Act, 1911

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth clay of January, 1916. Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council

WHEREAS by the War Regulations Act, 1914, the Governor in Council may, for the purpose of better securing the public safety, the defence of New Zealand, and the effective conduct of the military or naval operations of His Majesty during the present war, make regulations as to the powers and duties of the members of the Defence Forces or of other persons acting on His Majesty’s behalf : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby, in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1914, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS,

1. These regulations shall be read together with and shall be deemed part of the War Regulations made on the 10th day of November, 1914.

2. The Minister of Defence may requisition for use as a transport any British ship being in any port in New Zealand, whether registered in New Zealand or elsewhere, and every such requisition shall take effect upon notice of requisition being given as hereinafter provided. 3. Every such notice of requisition shall be signed by the Minister of Defence, and shall be addressed to the owner, charterer, agent, or master of the ship, and shall be either delivered to the person to whom it is so addressed or left at his place of business or upon the ship. 4. On the taking-effect of any such notice of requisition it shall be lawful for the Minister of Defence to take possession of the ship on behalf of the Crown, and to retain such possession for such period as he thinks necessary in the public interest, and to use the ship as a transport for the carriage of troops, horses, stores, and cargo, and for all such other purposes as he thinks necessary in respect of the military and naval operations of His Majesty, the effective conduct of the present war, and the public safety.

5. No person shall in any manner obstruct the Minister of Defence in the exercise by him of the powers and authorities conferred by these regulations.

J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council