STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 396.

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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 sixteenth day of September, 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.†

The National Security (Supplementary) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:—

Unoccupied premises held on behalf of enemy subjects.

“70.—(1.) Where it appears to the Minister for the Army that any premises owned by, or held in trust for, an enemy alien are unoccupied and are falling into disrepair, or are likely to fall into disrepair, he may authorize the use and occupation of the premises by any person or body on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

“(2.) Any moneys received by the Minister in respect of such use and occupation shall be paid, at the discretion of the Minister, to the owner of the premises or any person holding such premises in trust, or to their dependants, or into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

“(3.) In this regulation ‘enemy alien’ has the same meaning as in the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on     , 1942.

† Statutory Rules 1940, No. 126, as amended to date. For previous National Security (Supplementary) Regulations, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1942, No. 246, and see also Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 265, 269, 271, 278, 280, 282, 295, 353, 361, 370 and

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

6295.—Price 3d. 25/31.8.1942.