The Rt Hon Dame PATSY REDDY, gnzm, qso,
Governor-General

Background:

1. An Order in Council dated 30 July 1923¹ (“order”) made under the British Settlements Act 1887 (UK) appoints the Governor-General of New Zealand to be the Governor of the Ross Dependency (“Governor”) and vests in the Governor certain powers:
2. The order empowers the Governor to make rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of the Ross Dependency:
3. Regulations made by the Governor on 14 November 1923² 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 Ross 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 Ross Dependency, and to safeguard and preserve Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty over and in respect of the Ross Dependency:
4. It is now expedient that Luke Keehan be appointed as an officer of the Government of the Ross Dependency:

Now therefore I, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, the Governor-General of New Zealand, and as such the Governor of the Ross Dependency, appoint:

Luke Keehan

to be an officer of the Government of the Ross Dependency while he acts as Winter Engineering Supervisor at Scott Base during the period beginning with the date of this appointment and ending with the close of 1 November 2020.

I confer on Luke Keehan, while he holds office as an officer of the Government of the Ross Dependency, all the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Justice of the Peace.

Luke Keehan is to perform his functions at such places within the Ross Dependency as may be directed by an officer of the Government of the Ross Dependency who has the general executive and administrative authority in preserving Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty and the laws in force in the Ross Dependency.

Given under the hand of Her Excellency the Governor-General as the Governor of the Ross Dependency and issued this 6th day of March 2020.

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

1. New Zealand Gazette, 16 August 1923, No. 63, page 2211.
2. New Zealand Gazette, 15 November 1923, No. 80, page 2815.