1320 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V
of New Zealand in the case of the Wellington Cooks and
Stewards’ Union.
Again, by the Army Act, 1881,2 as amended from time to
time, the Imperial forces throughout the Enipire are organized
and controlled ; there are given by the Act certain definite
powers to Colonial Legislatures to alter the provisions of
the Act as to fines, &c., to suit local conditions, and the Courts
of the Colonies are empowered to deal with certain matters
under the Act, while the Legislature may provide for dealing
with these matters if necessary. These provisions are, of
course, to be entirely distinguished from provisions relative
to the local forces, which are governed within the Colony
by reason of their own local Acts, which, however, are given
validity outside the Colony by s. 177 of the Army Act, which
expressly provides that the Army Act shall apply to such
forces even outside the Colony only when the local Act is
silent. It has now, however, been arranged that the rule is
to be that local legislation provides that when the troops of
a Colony are acting outside the Colony with Imperial troops
the Army Act shall apply ; but this is not extended to cover
cases where the troops would be acting inside the Colony
along with Imperial troops. This rule is embodied in Aus-
tralian and New Zealand Defence Acts, No. 15 and 28 of 1909.3
In the case of the navy the Colonial Defence Acts, 1865 and
1909, allow the Crown to accept ships and men offered by
Colonies and to use them for naval service. The Act of 1865
gives power to apply the naval regulations to men serving on
these vessels when they have been accepted for service. The
Act has never been much used, for the local forces of the
Australian Colonies were only in part ever raised or put under
its provisions, and a domestic fleet was maintained under the
ordinary power of the Colonies to legislate for peace, order,
and good government. The Act itself disclaims any inter-
ference with the general power of the Colonies, and the
Dominions have full power to legislate on defence indepen-
' 26 N. Z. L. R. 394. ® 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58.
See Part V, chap. x; 9 Edw. VIL. c. 3,88. 8, 9.
Parl, Pap., H. L. 125, 1884-5: 9 Edw. VIL c. 19.
