STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 93.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1918 AND THE LAND, MINING, SHARES AND SHIPPING ACT 1919.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the War Precautions Act 1914-1918 and the Land, Mining, Shares and Shipping Act 1919, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this second day of June, 1920.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON E. GROOM,

for Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations 1916.

(Statutory Rules 1910, No. 35, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, Nos. 169, 189, and 326, Statutory Rules 1918, Nos. 44 and 76, and Statutory Rules 1919, No. 250.)

1. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 2 of the War Precautious (Land Transfer) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “and a Christian”.

2, After regulation 2a of the War Precautious (Land Transfer) Regulations, the following regulation is added to these Regulations:—

Widow of enemy subject who was natural, born British subject.

“2b. For the purposes of these Regulations, a woman who is the widow of an enemy subject and who prior to marriage was a natural-born British subject, shall be deemed to be a naturalized person of enemy origin.”

3. Regulation 4cc of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1) thereof after the word “shall” the words “without the consent in writing of the Public Trustee.”

4. Regulation 7 of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Applications for consent of Minister or Public Trustee.

“7. (1) An application for consent under the provisions of regulations 4, 4a, 4aa, 4c or 4cc of these Regulations shall be made in writing to the Attorney-General, or the Public Trustee, as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration giving full particulars of the name, address, date and place

of birth, parentage and occupation of the person making the application, and setting out the area, situation and value of the land, and full particulars of the proposed contract, agreement, mortgage, encumbrance, and the grounds upon which the application for the consent of the Attorney-General or the Public Trustee, as the case may be, is based.

“(2) The Attorney-General or the Public Trustee, as the case may be, may, after making such further inquiry (if any) as he thinks fit, in his absolute discretion, grant or refuse consent to the application,”

5. After regulation 8 of the War Precautions (Land Transfer) Regulations, the following regulation is added to these Regulations:—

Registrar of Titles may require evidence

“9. The Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of any State may, upon submission to him, for registration in accordance with the laws of the State, of any instrument relating to a transaction in connexion with any land, require such evidence as he deems necessary that the transaction to which the instrument relates is not in contravention of any provision of these Regulations, and may refuse to register the instrument until such evidence is submitted to him.”

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