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Defence Act 1927

Authoritative Version
  • - C1927A00001
  • No longer in force
Act No. 1 of 1927 as made
An Act to amend Section One hundred and twenty-four of the Defence Act 1903-1918.
Date of Assent 08 Apr 1927
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

DEFENCE.

 

No. 1 of 1927.

An. Act to amend Section One hundred and twenty-four of the Defence Act 1903‑1918.

[Assented to 8th April, 1927.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)   This Act may be cited as the Defence Act 1927.

(2.)   The Defence Act 1903-1918, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Defence Act 1903‑1927.

Regulations.

2.   Section One hundred and twenty-four of the Defence Act 1903-1918 is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after paragraph (n), the following paragraph:—

“(na) the regulation, control, or prohibition, of the construction of buildings or other erections within areas proclaimed by the Governor-General to be areas in which such regulation, control, or prohibition is necessary for the defence of the Commonwealth;” and


 

(b) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after paragraph (p), the following paragraph:—

(pa) the regulation or prohibition of the emission of smoke from factories or other buildings within the prescribed distance from any gun, fort, searchlight, signal station, observation post, or other work of defence during, or immediately before any naval, military or air force practice;”.