Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1915. No. 100.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1915.

Commonwealth Military Regulations—Addition.

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 Regulation under the Defence Act 1903–1915 should come into immediate operation and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this twenty-first day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

 

Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Addition.

After Commonwealth Military Regulation 627 insert the following new Regulation:—

“628. (1) If the master, owner, charterer, or agent of any vessel is required by any authorized officer to carry any warlike stores from any port in Australia to any port to be called at by the vessel on her voyage and tenders such stores for carriage, the master, owner, charterer, or agent of the vessel shall (unless the vessel is not reasonably able to carry such stores) receive such warlike stores on the vessel and carry them accordingly.

(2) If the vessel in respect of which any warlike stores have been tendered for carriage leaves the port without shipping such stores the master, owner, charterer and agent of the vessel shall severally be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds unless such master, owner, charterer, or agent proves to the satisfaction of the Court that the vessel was not reasonably able to carry such stores.

(3) Any authorized officer may detain any vessel which he believes is about to depart from any port without shipping any warlike stores which have been tendered for carriage and keep her so detained until such warlike stores have been shipped thereon or until he is satisfied that the vessel is not reasonably able to carry such stores.

C.6092.—Price 3d.

(4) The owner of the vessel or the charterer, if the vessel is under charter, shall be entitled to be paid freight at such reasonable rate as is agreed upon or in default of agreement is settled by arbitration.

(5) In this regulation “authorized officer” means any officer charged with the duty of shipping warlike stores for use of any naval or military force, and includes any officer appointed by the Minister to be an authorized officer for the purposes of this Regulation; and “warlike stores” means food, clothing, equipment, forage, and other stores for use by any naval or military force.”

 

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