STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 309.

REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*

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 National Security Act 1939-1940.

Dated this fifteenth day of July, 1942.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN J. DEDMAN

for and on behalf of the Minister of

 State for Defence.

Amendment of the National Security (General) Regulations.†

Persons not to be in fishing vessels or small craft without a permit.

Regulation 7c of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph :—

“(c) any Commonwealth or State officer, or any officer of Police or constable, who is authorized in writing by one of the officers referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this sub-regulation to issue permits under this regulation.”;

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(5.) This regulation shall not apply to—

(a) an authorized passenger on any vessel licensed to carry passengers or vehicles and plying between two or more fixed points of call on a regular advertised timetable, or on any other vessel licensed to carry passengers

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 15th July, 1942.

† Statutory Rules 1939, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 103, 174, 177; Statutory Rules 1940, Nos. 8, 32, 34, 45, 67, 71, 90, 91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 120, 127, 171, 175, 187, 191, 243, 246, 261, 262, 263, 264, and 270; Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 2, 8, 9, 40, 69, 112, 116, 125, 171, 174, 179, 248, 266, 268, 274, 287, 291, 301, and 325; and Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 49, 56, 67, 87, 89, 97, 105, 124, 133, 141, 163, 238, 259, 266, 276, and 296.

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where the person in charge of the vessel holds a current permit issued under this regulation;

(b) a person who holds a current permit issued under regulation 7a of these Regulations whilst engaged in the occupation in respect of which that permit was issued;

(c) a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Commonwealth, or of any other part of His Majesty’s dominions, or of an allied country, if the member is wearing the uniform of the force to which he belongs and produces, on demand, satisfactory evidence of his identity;

(d) an employee of the Commonwealth or of a State or of a Harbour or Port Authority who enters or is on any vessel in the course of his duty; or

(e) any person who holds a current permit under the Aliens Restriction (Fishing vessels and other small Craft) Order.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.