STATUTORY RULES

1917. No. 33.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–1916.

War Precautions (Passports) Regulations 1916—Regulation 5— Amendments.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the War Precautions Act 1914–1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fourteenth day of February, 1917.

R.M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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War Precautions (Passports) Regulations 1916. Amendments.

Clauses (iii) and (iii a) of sub-regulation (1)of Regulation 5 are amended to read as follows: —

(iii) any person visiting New Zealand, if he is in possession of a permit to visit New Zealand issued by the proper authorities in the Commonwealth, and if he travels in a vessel trading solely between the Commonwealth and New Zealand;

(iii a) any person returning from New Zealand, if he is in possession of a permit to visit New Zealand issued by the proper authorities in the Commonwealth, in whatever vessel he travels;

Clause (vii) of sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 5 is amended to read as follows:—

(vii) any person to whom a certificate exempting him from the dictation test under the Immigration Act 1901–1912 has been issued by the proper authorities in the Commonwealth so long as the certificate remains in force.

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