Military (Canteens Services) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1951. No. 150.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1951.*

WHEREAS the Central Canteens Control Board constituted under the Australian Military (Canteens Service) Regulations ceased to exist by virtue of the termination of the appointments of the constituent members of that Board on the thirtieth day of June, 1949:

And whereas the Canteens Service established under those Regulations ceased to be maintained and operated on that date:

And whereas the persons who were the constituent members of that Board, excepting the Controller-General of Canteens Services, were directed by the Minister to exercise and perform, on and from the first day of July, 1949, and until the Army Canteens Service Board is duly constituted under the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations, such of the powers, functions and duties of the said Central Canteens Control Board as are required to be exercised and performed for the purposes of Part III. of the Services Trust Funds Act 1947-1950 and also the powers, functions and duties that by the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations are conferred and imposed upon the Army Canteens Service Board provided for by those Regulations:

Now, therefore, I, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1951.

Dated this sixteenth day of November, 1951.

J. NORTHCOTT

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Army.

 

MILITARY (CANTEENS SERVICES) REGULATIONS.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Military (Canteens Services) Regulations.

Operation of canteens services by trustees.

2.—(1.) The persons directed by the Minister to exercise and perform on and from the first day of July, 1949—

(a) such powers, functions and duties of the Central Canteens Control Board under the Australian Military (Canteens Service) Regulations as are required to be exercised and performed for the purposes of Part III. of the Services Trust Funds Act 1947-1950; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1951.

2450.—PRICE 3D. 9/31.8.1951.

(b) the powers, functions and duties in relation to the Army Canteens Service that by the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations are conferred and imposed upon the Army Canteens Service Board,

are, by force of this regulation, deemed to have been on and from that date, and to be until the Army Canteens Service Board is duly constituted under the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations, trustees for the respective Boards.

(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, the Army Canteens Service for which provision is made by the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations is deemed to have been established on the first day of July, 1949, and all the powers, functions and duties of the Army Canteens Service Board under those Regulations are deemed to have been, on and from that date, and to be until that Board is duly constituted under those Regulations, capable of exercise and performance by the trustees for the Board as validly and effectually as they could have been exercised and performed by that Board if those Regulations had been in force on and from that date.

Transfer of powers, &c., to Army Canteens Service Board.

3. Upon the constitution of the Army Canteens Service Board under the Army (Canteens Service) Regulations—

(a) such powers, functions and duties of the Central Canteens Control Board under the Australian Military (Canteens Service) Regulations as are required to be exercised and performed for the purposes of Part III. of the Services Trust Funds Act 1947-1950 are, by force of this regulation, conferred and imposed upon the Army Canteens Service Board;

(b) subject to the Services Trust Funds Act 1947-1950 and to any direction given under that Act in relation to the assets within the meaning of Part III. of that Act of the Canteens Service established under the Australian Military (Canteens Service) Regulations, the assets of that Service may be transferred to and vested in the Army Canteens Service Board on such terms as are determined by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Treasurer; and

(c) all rights, obligations and liabilities of the Central Canteens Control Board existing immediately prior to the constitution of the Army Canteens Service Board are, by force of this regulation, vested in and imposed on the latter Board, and, in any contract, agreement or other instrument to which the former Board was a party, any reference to that Board shall be read as a reference to the latter Board.

 

By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.