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            <text>(L. S.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:right;"&gt;ELIZABETH R.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;ADDITIONAL STATUTE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, to all to whom these Presents shall come,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:right;"&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recites Statutes, 13th January 1959&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;WHEREAS by the Fifty seventh and last Clause of the Statutes of the MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, bearing date the Thirteenth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and ninety five, power was reserved to The Sovereign of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with the same or any part thereof, by a notification under the Sign Manual of The Sovereign of the Order.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;AND WHEREAS it appears to Us expedient to make some alteration to the Nineteenth of the aforesaid Statutes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cancellation of Statute XIX&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;WE, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in Us, do annul the Nineteenth of the aforesaid Statutes, and the same is hereby annulled. In lieu of the said Statute We, by these Presents, sealed with the Seal of the said Order, do make, ordain and establish the following Statute:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Certain Appointments to be Additional&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;XIX. It is Ordained that those persons who were admitted into this MOST EXCELLENT ORDER prior to the Twenty-ninth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in military operations in Waziristan in the year One thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, or who were admitted in commemoration of the Twenty-fifth year of the Reign of Our Royal Grandfather, His late Majesty King George the Fifth, in the year One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and those persons who were admitted in commemoration of the Coronation of Our Royal Father, His late Majesty King George the Sixth, on the Twelfth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, or in recognition of their services rendered to the Empire during the Second World War, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine to One thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in specified operations in South East Asia, including the Netherlands East Indies, between the Third day of September, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five and the Thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and those persons who have been admitted in recognition of their services in Minesweeping or Mine or Bomb Clearance arising out of, and subsequent to, the cessation of hostilities in the Second World War, or in recognition of gallantry at any time subsequent to the cessation of hostilities in the Second World War, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in Palestine and the adjoining waters between the Twenty-seventh day of September, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five and the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in Malaya between the First day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty eight and the Thirty-first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in the Korea operations between the Ninth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty and the Twenty-seventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services during the operations in Kenya between the Twenty-first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two and the Seventeenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, and those persons who were admitted in commemoration of Our Royal Coronation on the Second day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-three, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in Cyprus between the First day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty six and the Eighteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifty nine, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services during operations in the Near East during the period October to December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in the Arabian Peninsula between the First day of January, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven and the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty and, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in the Radfan area, South Arabia, between the Thirteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four and the Fifteenth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty four, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in the Borneo Territories between the Eighth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two and the Eleventh day of August, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in South Arabia between the Twentieth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four and the Thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in Vietnam between the First day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven and the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, and those persons who were admitted in commemoration of the Investiture of Our Most Dear Son, The Prince of Wales, in the year One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in operations in Northern Ireland between the First day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one and the Thirty-first day of July, Two thousand and seven, and those who were admitted in commemoration of Our Silver Jubilee, and those who were admitted in recognition of services in operations in the South Atlantic in the year One thousand nine hundred and eighty-two, and those who were admitted in recognition of services in operations in the Gulf between the Second day of August, One thousand nine hundred and ninety and the Seventh day of March, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, and those persons who were admitted in recognition of their services in the former Yugoslavia between the First day of January, December, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-five and the Thirty-first day of March, Two thousand and seven, and those who were admitted in recognition of services in Air Operations Over Iraq between the First day of October, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-one and the Thirty-first day of March, Two thousand and three, and those who were admitted in recognition of services in Sierra Leone between the Fifth day of May, Two thousand and the Thirty-first day of July, Two thousand and two, and those who have been admitted or whom We may think fit to admit in recognition of their services in operations in Afghanistan since the Seventeenth day of September, Two thousand and one, and those who were admitted in recognition of services in Iraq between the Nineteenth day of March, Two thousand and three and the Thirtieth day of September, Two thousand and nine, and those Honorary members of any Class of the Order who, subsequent to appointment as such, have become, or become in the future, subjects, male or female, of Our Crown, and in respect of whom the relevant Government shall so desire, shall be Additional members of the Several Classes to which they were admitted, and shall not be included within the numbers of the Ordinary members allotted to each Class of the said Order. It is further Ordained that Additional members so appointed shall have rank and precedence among the Ordinary members of the Several Classes of Our said Order according to the dates of their respective appointments, and that the Statutes of Our said Order shall in all matters and things apply in the same manner to the said Additional members as to the Ordinary members of Our said Order, any Statute, Decree or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. It is further Ordained that the date of Appointment as Additional member shall be the date on which he or she became a Subject of Our Crown.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;AND it is Our Will and Pleasure that this Statute, sealed with the Seal of the said Order, shall be taken and received as part and parcel of the Statutes thereof.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;Given at Our Court of Saint James's under the Seal of the said Order this Twenty-sixth day of June, Two thousand and twelve in the Sixty-First Year of Our Reign.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:right;"&gt;BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMAND&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:right;"&gt;THERESA MAY&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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            <text>Theresa May (Secretary of State for the Home Department)</text>
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              <text>Jason Loch</text>
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