Pacific Islands Regulations (Validation) Act 1916
WHEREAS His Britannic Majesty’s High Commissioner for the Western Pacific (in this Act referred to as the High Commissioner) is given power under Article 108 of the Pacific Order in Council, 1893, to make, alter and revoke King’s Regulations for certain purposes in relation to places to which that Order applies or within the limits of that Order, and doubts have arisen whether, having regard to the provisions of section three of the British Settlements Act, 1887, power could properly be given...