ANAND SATYANAND, Governor-General
Background:
A. An Order in Council dated 30 July 1923*
("the order") made under the British Settlements Act 1887 (UK) appoints the Governor-General of
New Zealand to be the Governor of the Ross Dependency ("the Governor") and vests in the Governor certain powers:
B. The order empowers the Governor to make rules
and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency:
C. Regulations made by the Governor on 14 November 1923Å provide that all persons appointed by the Governor may be empowered to do such things as may be necessary or desirable to ensure that the laws in force in the Dependency are duly observed and complied with in every respect, and to do all things necessary or expedient for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency, and to safeguard and preserve Her Majesty's rights and sovereignty over and in respect of the Dependency:
D. It is now expedient that Edward Richard Townsend Butler, Neil Stephen Gilbert and Peter Thomas Smith be appointed officers of the Government of the Dependency:
Now therefore I, The Honourable Anand Satyanand,
the Governor-General of New Zealand, and as such the Governor of the Dependency, appoint
Edward Richard Townsend Butler
Neil Stephen Gilbert
Peter Thomas Smith
to be officers of the Government of the Dependency while they act as Senior New Zealand Representatives at Scott Base during the period beginning with this appointment and ending with the close of 28 February 2009:
I confer on Edward Richard Townsend Butler, Neil Stephen Gilbert and Peter Thomas Smith, while they hold office
as officers of the Government of the Dependency, all the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Justice of
the Peace:
Edward Richard Townsend Butler, Neil Stephen Gilbert and Peter Thomas Smith are to exercise their functions at such places within the Dependency as may be directed by an officer of the Government of the Dependency who has the general executive and administrative authority in preserving Her Majesty's rights and sovereignty and the laws in force in the Dependency.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor- General as the Governor of the Ross Dependency and issued this 20th day of December 2008.
MURRAY MCCULLY, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
*New Zealand Gazette, 16 August 1923, No. 63, page 2211
ÅNew Zealand Gazette, 15 November 1923, No. 80, page 2815