Additional Statutes of The New Zealand Order of Merit

(SR 2020/1)

Elizabeth R

Royal Warrant

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith; to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!

Whereas by a Warrant under the Seal of New Zealand dated 30 May 1996 (SR 1996/205), We were pleased to institute and create a new Order of Chivalry styled and designated “The New Zealand Order of Merit” and did make, ordain, and establish Statutes for the governance of the same, reserving to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with Our Warrant or any part thereof, by a notification under the Sign Manual of the Sovereign of the Order:

And whereas by a Warrant under the Seal of New Zealand dated 18 May 2000 (SR 2000/84), We were pleased to make, ordain, and establish Additional Statutes altering the style of future Chancellors of the Order and, in certain respects, future membership of the first and second levels of the said New Zealand Order of Merit:

And whereas by a Warrant under the Seal of New Zealand date 23 March 2009(SR 2009/90), it was desired to alter the membership of future members of the first and second levels of the Order so that they were designated Knights or Dames and were not subject to the alterations in Our Warrant dated 18 May 2000, and to enable members of those levels of the Order admitted on or after 18 May 2000 and before the date of this Warrant to elect to be redesignated as Knights or Dames:

And whereas it now appears appropriate to us to return the style of future Chancellors of the Order and, in certain respects, future membership of the first and second levels of the Order:

We, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in Us, do hereby make, ordain, and establish the following Additional Statutes:

1 Alterations to affect only Chancellors appointed, and persons admitted into first and second levels of Order, on and from date of this Warrant

• (1) Except as prescribed in subclause (2), every Chancellor appointed, and every person admitted into any level of the Order, before or after the date of this Warrant, shall continue to enjoy, unaltered, the membership in the Order, and all the rights and privileges of the membership in the Order, prescribed for a Chancellor, or for a member of that level of the Order, under Our Warrant dated 30 May 1996.

• (2) A Chancellor appointed, or a person admitted into the first or second level of the Order, on or after the date of this Warrant, shall enjoy the membership in the Order, and all the rights and privileges of the membership in the Order, prescribed for a Chancellor, or for a member of that level of the Order, under Our Warrant dated 30 May 1996, except as altered to the extent (if any) prescribed in clauses 2 to 6 of this Warrant.

2 Style of Chancellors appointed on and from date of this Warrant

• (1) A Chancellor of the Order appointed on or after the date of this Warrant shall be styled Chancellor of the Order or Chancellor and a Principal Companion of the Order.

• (2) Despite subclause (1) any such Chancellor who, immediately before the date of this Warrant, was a member of the first level (or Knight or Dame Grand Companion) of the Order shall be styled Chancellor of the Order or Chancellor and Principal Knight or Dame Grand Companion of the Order.

3 Designations of persons admitted into first and second levels of Order on and from date of this Warrant

• (1) A person admitted into the first level of the Order on or after the date of this Warrant shall be designated a Principal Companion of the Order.

• (2) A person admitted into the second level of the Order on or after the date of this Warrant shall be designated a Distinguished Companion of the Order.

4 Post nominal letters of persons admitted into first and second levels of Order on and from date of this Warrant

A person admitted as an Ordinary, Additional, or Honorary member of the first or second level of the Order on or after the date of this Warrant shall have the privilege of adding the appropriate letters after his or her name to denote his or her membership in the Order, viz:

5 Accolade of Knighthood not to be conferred on men admitted into first and second levels of Order on and from date of this Warrant

The Accolade of Knighthood shall not be conferred on a man who is admitted into the first or second level of the Order on or after the date of this Warrant.

6 Appellations of Knights and Dames not generally to be used by persons admitted into first and second levels of Order on and from date of this Warrant

• (1) A person admitted as an Ordinary or Additional member of the first or second level of the Order on or after the date of this Warrant shall not use before his or her forenames the appellation of “Sir”, in the case of a man, or “Dame”, in the case of a woman.

• 2) Despite subclause (1) a person who, immediately before the date of this Warrant, was a member of the second level (or Knight or Dame Companion) of the Order shall be entitled to continue to use before his or her forenames the appellation of “Sir” or “Dame” if he or she is admitted on or after the date of this Warrant as an Ordinary or Additional member of the first level of the Order.

7 References in Warrant dated 30 May 1996

For the purposes of clause 1(2), references in Our Warrant dated 30 May 1996—

• (a) to Knights and Dames Grand Companions, or to members of the first level, of the Order shall be read as including a reference to Principal Companions; and

• (b) to Knights and Dames Companions, or to members of the second level, of the Order shall be read as including a reference to Distinguished Companions.

And it is Our Will and pleasure that these alterations, sealed with the Seal of the Order, shall be taken and received as part and parcel of Our Warrant dated 30 May 1996.

Given under the Seal of the New Zealand Order of Merit at Our Court at St James's, this 23rd day of January 2020, in the 68th year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty's Command.

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Chancellor of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

[Seal]

ARichTeaBiscuit,

Prime Minister of New Zealand.