Customs (Cinematograph Films) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1989 No. 2071

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Customs (Cinematograph Films) Regulations2 (Amendment)

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 Customs Act 1901.

Dated 31 July 1989.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

LIONEL BOWEN

Attorney-General

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Customs (Cinematograph Films) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub regulation (1) the definitions of “Censor” and “member of the Board” and inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘Censor’ means the Chief Censor, the Deputy Chief Censor, the Senior Censor, another member of the Board or a Deputy Censor;

‘member of the Board’ includes the Chief Censor, the Deputy Chief Censor and the Senior Censor;

‘the Senior Censor’ means the member of the Board appointed to be the Senior Censor.”.

Censorship Board

3. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting sub regulation (2) and substituting the following sub regulation:

“(2) The Board consists of the Chief Censor, the Deputy Chief Censor, the Senior Censor and not more than 9 other members.”.

4. Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Appointment of persons to act as members of the Board

“6. (1) The Attorney-General may appoint a person to act in the office of the Chief Censor, the Deputy Chief Censor, the Senior Censor or another member of the Board:

(a) during a vacancy in the office; or

(b) during any period, or during all periods, when the holder of the office is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office;

but a person appointed to act during a vacancy is not to continue so to act for more than 3 months.

“(2) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under sub regulation (1) is not invalid because:

(a) the occasion for the appointment had not arisen; or

(b) there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment; or

(c) the appointment had ceased to have effect; or

(d) the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased.”.

Delegation by Chief Censor

5. Regulation 7a of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from sub regulation (1) “Censor, a” and substituting “Censor, the Senior Censor or another”;

(b) by omitting from sub regulation (1) “(except this power of delegation)”

(c) by omitting sub regulations (2) and (3).

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 August 1989.

2. Statutory Rules 1956 No. 94 as amended by 1958 No. 68; 1961 No. 48; 1963 No. 79; 1967 No. 144; 1970 No. 163; 1974 No. 189; 1975 No. 59; 1979 Nos. 17 and 185; 1983 Nos. 38 and 332; 1984 No. 103; 1985 No. 105.