Full text: Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

1294 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [rArTV 
limits of the Commonwealth. The Governor-General in 
Council may, for the purpose of naval service or training, 
place any part of the naval forces on board any ship of the 
King’s navy or in any naval training establishment or school 
in connexion with the navy. The Naval Discipline Act and 
the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the 
the time being in force in relation to the King’s naval forces 
shall, subject to the Act and to any modifications and 
adaptations prescribed by the regulations made under the 
Act, apply to the naval forces. Whenever the Common- 
wealth naval forces are acting with the King’s naval forces, 
the command shall, subject to any Imperial Act or Regulation, 
devolve upon the senior naval officer present, and any part 
of the Commonwealth naval forces may be placed under the 
command of any officer of the King’s naval forces. 
Provision is made that cadets liable for training under the 
Defence Act shall be trained as prescribed in the regulations 
and shall be subject to the Act, and while undergoing training 
be deemed to be members of the Citizen Naval Forces. 
In addition to the powers given in the Defence Act the 
Governor-General in Council may build ships and construct 
docks, shipyards, foundries, &ec., for naval purposes, and 
employ persons in a civil capacity in connexion therewith. 
The Governor-General in Council may accept the transfer 
to the Commonwealth naval forces of any vessel of the 
King’s naval forces or of the naval forces of a Dominion, or 
of any officers or seamen of such forces, and may transfer 
to such forces vessels, officers, or seamen of the Common- 
wealth naval forces for such period and subject to such 
conditions as the Governor-General in Council thinks 
desirable. Subject to the conditions of transfer the officers 
and seamen so transferred shall fall under the regulations of 
the force to which they are transferred. 
Provision shall be made for the widow and family, or for 
the man himself if any member of the naval forces is killed 
on active service or on duty or dies or becomes incapacitated 
from earning his living from wounds or disease contracted 
on active service, and the payment of an annuity or gratuity
	        
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