Customs (Export of Money Prohibition) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1939. No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936.

WHEREAS by section 112 of the Customs Act 1901-1936 it is amongst other things provided that the Governor-General may, by regulation prohibit the exportation of any goods the exportation of which would, in his opinion, be harmful to the Commonwealth, and that the said power of prohibition shall extend to authorise the prohibition of the exportation of goods generally, or to any specified place, and either absolutely or so as to allow of the exportation of the goods subject to any condition or restriction:

And whereas I am of opinion that the exportation of the goods specified in regulation 2 of the following Regulations would be harmful to the Commonwealth, and that the exportation of the goods specified in regulation 3 of the following Regulations would be harmful to the Commonwealth unless the exportation of the goods were subject to the condition specified in that regulation:

Now therefore I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1936.

DATED this twenty-fifth day of August, 1939.

(sgd.) Gowrie.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(sgd.) Percy C. Spender

For Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1939.

CUSTOMS (EXPORT OF MONEY PROHIBITION) REGULATIONS.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Export of Money Prohibition) Regulations.

Prohibition of exportation of notes.

2. The exportation (except by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia) of notes issued in pursuance of the Australian Notes Act 1910-1914 or in pursuance of Part VIA of the Commonwealth Bank Act 1911-1932 is prohibited.

Prohibition of exportation of gold.

3. The exportation of any gold by any person other than the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is prohibited unless the approval of the Treasurer has first been obtained.