STATUTORY
RULES.
1905. No. 80.
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PROVISIONAL
REGULATIONS UNDER THE “DEFENCE ACTS 1903-1904.”
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of
urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Acts 1903-1904 should come into immediate operation and make
the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated
this 14th day of December, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE.
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
T.
PLAYFORD.
Regulations Governing—
(a) The landing of foreign troops and crews of warships;
(b) The use of search lights on board foreign warships; and
(c) The surveying of shore-line by boats from foreign ships.
(a) Landing
of Foreign Troops.
1. No parties of soldiers or sailors in the service of any foreign
power may be landed from any vessel without permission from His Excellency the
Governor-General, obtained by telegraph or otherwise, through the Consular
Officer of the country to which the troops belong. An exception is, however,
made in the case of individual officers and men while such permission is being
obtained.
2. Permission will in ordinary circumstances be granted for the
landing of unarmed men for purposes of recreation and for drill, or as pirquets
to assist the local police, in the numbers specified by His Excellency the
Governor-General.
3. During the docking of a foreign man of-war or transport for
repairs, the crew, &c., thereof may be permitted, if unarmed, to land and
camp (or to be quartered) on shore in a locality approved by the Naval or
Military Commandant of the District.
4. No armed parties in the service of any foreign power will be
allowed to land on Commonwealth Territory, except in the case of Naval or
Military, Funerals, when permission may be printed by the Naval or Military
Commandant for the landing of armed parties of sufficient strength to fire the
customary salutes.
(b)
Use of Search lights on board Foreign Warships.
Foreign
ships of war will not be permitted to use their search lights when visiting any
of the fortified Ports of the Commonwealth without permission having first been
obtained from the local Port Authorities, who will not grant permission without
reference to the Senior Naval or Military Officer at the Station.
(c)
Surveying of Shoreline by Boats from Foreign Ships.
The
surveying of shore-line by boats belonging to foreign ships will not be
permitted.
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By Authority: Robt.