STATUTORY RULES

No. 189.

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I SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and, its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the War Precautions Act 1914-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifteen day of August, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By Ilia Excellency's Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations 1916.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 35, as amended by Statutory Rules
1916, No. 169.)

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1. Regulations 3a, 4a, and 4c of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations are amended by omitting the word “twenty-five” wherever occurring, and by inserting the word “five” in its stead.

2. After Regulations 4d of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations the following regulation is inserted: —

Transfer of land, company, or business to persons outside Australia forbidden without Minister’s consent.

“4e.—(1) From (b) and after the date of this Regulation no contract or agreement for the sale of any mining or metallurgical company or business or any share or interest in any mining or metallurgical company or business to any person other than a natural-born British subject residing or carrying on business in some part of the British Dominions or to any person on behalf of any person other than such British subject, shall be entered into unless the consent in writing of the Attorney-General has first been obtained.

“(2) The secretary or other proper officer of a mining or metallurgical company shall refuse to register the transfer of a share or interest in the company unless he is satisfied that the provisions of sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation have been complied with.

3. Regulation 5 of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations is omitted, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead: —

Contracts in contravention of Regulations void.

“(5) Any (c) contract or agreement entered into in contravention of Regulation 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 4c, or 4e shall be void and of no effect: Provided that this Regulation shall not apply to a contract or agreement in contravention of Regulation 4, 4a, 4c, or 4e, where the Attorney-General in writing declares that he is satisfied that such contravention was due to inadvertence and subsequently gives his consent to the contract or agreement.”

4. Regulation 7(c) of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “or 4c” and inserting in their stead the words “4c or 4e.”

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