The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

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  • The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal: revoked, on 19 August 2020, by The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (LI 2020/216).

Reprint as at 19 August 2020

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

(SR 1985/90)

The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal: revoked, on 19 August 2020, by The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (LI 2020/216).

Elizabeth R

Royal Warrant

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This Warrant is administered by the Ministry of Defence.

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 We are desirous of signifying Our appreciation of the long service and good conduct of soldiers of the regular force of Our New Zealand Army which has hitherto been recognised by the award of the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) authorised by a Warrant under Our Sign Manual dated 27 April 1978:

We do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, institute and create a new Medal.

1 Style

The Medal shall be designated and styled “The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal”.

2 Description

The Medal shall be of silver and circular in shape, bearing on the obverse the Crowned Effigy of the Sovereign and on the reverse the inscription “For Long Service and Good Conduct” and shall be attached to an ornamental title bar bearing the words “New Zealand” in raised letters.

3 Ribbon

The Medal shall be worn from the left breast suspended from a ribbon, 32 mm in width, of crimson edged white.

4 Eligibility

Those eligible for the Medal shall be soldiers of the regular force of Our New Zealand Army serving on or after 1 December 1977, whose character and conduct have been irreproachable and who are recommended by their commanding officer.

5 Service required

The qualifying period requisite for the Medal shall be 15 years full-time service, or an aggregate of 15 years full-time service, in the regular force of Our New Zealand Army.

6 Clasps

(1)

A Clasp to the Medal, to be attached to the ribbon when the Medal itself is worn, may be awarded for each additional 15 years of full-time service subsequent to those for which the Medal was awarded.

(2)

For each Clasp awarded a silver rosette shall be added to the ribbon when worn alone.

7 Reckoning of service

(1)

Subject to subclause (2), the following service may be reckoned towards the qualifying period for the award of the Medal or any Clasp thereof:

(a)

service in the regular force of Our New Zealand Regular Army or other permanent forces of a country of the Commonwealth of which We are Queen (other than service that has been recognised by the award of a decoration or medal for long service):

(b)

where a soldier has been appointed to a commission in the regular force of Our New Zealand Army, the qualifying service for the Medal shall be 15 years and those 15 years shall include at least 12 years service in the ranks:

(c)

where a soldier who has been appointed to a commission in the regular force of Our New Zealand Army has, before being so appointed, been awarded the New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, the qualifying service for the award of the Clasp shall be 15 years from the award of the Medal and those 15 years shall include at least 7 years service in the ranks:

(d)

service in any force not involving full-time service, being a force that is a reserve, militia, territorial, volunteer, or auxiliary military force or other force of New Zealand or of any other country of the Commonwealth of which We are Queen, if—

(i)

the reserve or militia or force is declared liable or is otherwise liable for continuous service in an emergency; and

(ii)

the member of the reserve or militia or force actually renders full-time service.

(2)

Service before the age of 17½ years shall not be reckonable.

8 Registration

The names of all those to whom the Medal is awarded shall be recorded in a register kept by the Secretary of Defence in Our Realm of New Zealand.

9 Names of recipients

The name of the recipient shall be engraved or stamped on the rim of the Medal.

10 Order of wear

In the official list showing the order in which Orders, Decorations, and Medals shall be worn, the New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal shall in Our Realm of New Zealand be placed immediately after Our New Zealand Armed Forces Award.

11 Miniatures

(1)

Reproductions of the Medal in miniature, which may be worn on certain occasions by those to whom the Medal is awarded, shall be approximately half the size of the New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

(2)

A sealed pattern of the miniature Medal shall be deposited with and kept by the Secretary of Defence in Our Realm of New Zealand.

12 Delegated powers

Delegated powers to make awards under the terms of this Our Warrant shall be vested in Our Defence Council in New Zealand, which shall be competent to make such orders as to the award of the Medal as may be necessary from time to time in amplification of this Our Royal Warrant.

13 Forfeiture and restoration

It shall be competent for Our Defence Council in New Zealand—

(a)

to cancel and annul the conferment of the Medal or any Clasp thereof on any person; and

(b)

where it has cancelled or annulled the conferment of the Medal or any Clasp thereof on any person, to restore the Medal or Clasp to that person.

14 Annulment

We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with this Our Royal Warrant, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, this 6th day of May 1985, in the 34th Year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty’s Command,

David Lange,
Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the Warrant, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

The Royal Warrant establishes the New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Traditionally the long service and good conduct of soldiers of the regular force of the New Zealand Army has been recognised by the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Military).

The new medal (which is of the design traditionally awarded to soldiers of the New Zealand Army) is specific to New Zealand and is to be awarded to soldiers of the regular force of the New Zealand Army.

The conditions for the award of the new medal are similar to those for the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Military).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 May 1985.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal that incorporates all the amendments to that Warrant as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

The New Zealand Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (LI 2020/216)