Australian War Memorial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1980
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the
Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the
Dated this twelfth day of October 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. ELLICOTT
Minister of State for Home Affairs
AMENDMENTS
OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL REGULATIONS
1. After regulation 1 of the Australian War Memorial Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
“1A. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
‘attendant’ means a member of the staff of the Memorial who holds the office of attendant;
‘authorized person’ means a person appointed to be an authorized person under regulation 3;
‘certificate of authority’, in relation to an authorized person, means a certificate issued to that person under regulation 3;
‘Memorial building’ means a building forming part of —
(a) the national memorial referred to in sub-section 5 (1) of the
Australian War Memorial Act 1980; or(b) any additions made to that memorial in the course of its development under that Act,
and ‘Memorial land’ has a corresponding meaning;
‘uniformed attendant’ means an attendant dressed in the uniform approved by the Council for use by attendants.”'.
2. The Australian War Memorial Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulations:
“3. (1) The Council may appoint members of the staff of the Memorial as authorized persons for the purposes of these Regulations.
“(2) The Council shall issue to each person appointed under sub-regulation (1) a certificate of authority in accordance with a form approved by the Council.
“4. A person shall not, without the consent of the Council or of a person authorized by the Council to give a consent for the purposes of this regulation —
(a) damage or interfere with any war relic on Memorial land;
(b) expose, or cause to be exposed, for show, sale or hire any article on Memorial land;
(c) cause, permit or allow a dog or other animal belonging to him or in his charge to enter or remain in a Memorial building; or
(d) affix any posting bill or other paper against or upon, or write upon, soil, deface or mark, any building, wall or fence on Memorial land.
“5. (1) A uniformed attendant or an authorized person may direct a person —
(a) not to take into a Memorial building a bag, case, parcel or other article;
(b) not to touch, or otherwise interfere with, a war relic on Memorial land; or
(c) not to enter, or remain in, a Memorial building or part of a Memorial building to which a notice under regulation 6 relates.
“(2) An authorized person shall, at the time of giving a direction under sub-regulation (1), produce his certificate of authority to the person to whom he is giving the direction.
“(3) A person to whom a direction is given in accordance with this regulation shall obey that direction.
“6. (1) The Council may cause to be displayed in or adjacent to a Memorial building or a part of a Memorial building a notice or notices prohibiting entry into that building or into or on that part.
“(2) A notice referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall state that it is authorized by the Council.
“(3) Where a notice in accordance with this regulation is displayed in relation to a building or a part of a building, a person shall not enter or remain in the building or part unless he has obtained the consent of the Council or of a person authorized by the Council to give consent for the purposes of this regulation.
“(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against sub-regulation (3) if the person charged with that offence proves that he was not aware and, because of the position or size of the notice referred to in that sub-regulation, could not reasonably have been aware, when he entered, and while he remained, in the building or part, of the purport of the notice.
“7. (1) A uniformed attendant or an authorized person may direct a person in charge of a vehicle on Memorial land—
(a) not to park the vehicle on Memorial land except in a specified place; or
(b) not to park the vehicle in a specified place on Memorial land.
“(2) An authorized person shall, at the time of giving a direction under this regulation produce his certificate of authority to the person to whom he is giving the direction.
“(3) A person who is given a direction, in accordance with this regulation, not to park a vehicle on Memorial land except in a specified place shall not park the vehicle in any other place on Memorial land.
“(4) A person who is given a direction, in accordance with this regulation, not to park a vehicle in a specified place on Memorial land shall not park the vehicle in that place.
“8. Any contravention of regulation 4 or sub-regulation 5 (3), 6 (3), 7 (3) or 7 (4) is an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding $100.
“9. In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations a certificate under the seal of the Council certifying that, at the time or during the period specified in the certificate—
(a) the person named in the certificate was an attendant, or was an authorized person, for the purposes of these Regulations;
(b) the uniform described in the certificate was the uniform approved by the Council for use by attendants;
(c) the notice described in the certificate was a notice referred to in sub-regulation 6 (1) that the Council had caused to be displayed; or
(d) the form of certificate of authority set out in the certificate issued under this regulation was the form approved by the Council under sub-regulation 3 (2),
is evidence of the matter so certified.”.
1. Notified in the
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1980.
2. Statutory Rules 1980 No. 182.
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