LegalizeThe Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) (Amendment) Order 1956
Made: 19th December 1956
Coming into Operation: 1st January 1957
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December, 1956
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 4 of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933, as amended by the Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1955, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation and Commencement
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- (1) This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) (Amendment) Order, 1956.
- (2) This Order and the Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) Order, 1940[^f00001], may be cited together as the Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) Orders, 1940 and 1956.
- (3) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1957.
Interpretation
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The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendments to Order
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- (1) In the preamble to the Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) Order, 1940, for the words “subject to the Air Force Act as an officer or airman” there shall be substituted the words “subject to air-force law”.
- (2) For the other references in the said preamble to “the Air Force Act” and for the reference in Article 1 of the said Order to “the Air Force Act” there shall be substituted references to “the Air Force Act, 1955”.
Signed
W. G. Agnew
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Visiting Forces (Royal New Zealand Air Force) Order, 1940, contained provisions requiring approval by the Governor-General of New Zealand of punishment by death of members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to the Royal Air Force, on conviction by court-martial under the Air Force Act. This Order substitutes appropriate references to the Air Force Act, 1955.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: (Rev. XXIII, p. 368: 1940 I, p. 1091).
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