STATUTORY RULES.
1942.
No. 380.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
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 National Security Act 1939-1940.
Dated this second day of September,
1942.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W.
J. SCULLY
for and on behalf of the
Minister of State for Defence.
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National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may
be cited as the National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations.
Administration.
2. These Regulations shall
be administered by the Minister of State for Commerce.
Definition.
3. In these Regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears, “Werribee cattle” means any cattle from
the farm known as the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Farm at
Werribee in the State of Victoria.
Removal
of Werribee cattle.
4. A person shall not move
or cause to be moved, from the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Farm
at Werribee in the State of Victoria, any Werribee cattle, except for the
purposes of the sale or supply of beef in accordance with the next succeeding
regulation.
Use
of beef from Werribee cattle.
5. It shall be lawful to
sell or supply for human consumption in Australia any beef obtained from
Werribee cattle—
(a) if the Minister has certified that,
in consequence of the shortage of beef within the Commonwealth or any part of
the Commonwealth, it is necessary for the efficient prosecution of the war that
beef from Werribee cattle should be sold or supplied for human consumption; and
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on
2nd September, 1942.
6271. Price. 3d
(b) if each quarter of the beef is
branded so as to indicate that it has been obtained from Werribee cattle.
6. Nothing in the law of
any State shall prevent the removal of any Werribee cattle for the purposes of
the sale or use for human consumption, in accordance with the last preceding
regulation, of any beef obtained from those cattle, or operate to make any
authority or person guilty of an offence against, or liable to a penalty under,
any law, by reason of that authority or person having permitted or suffered, or
having been concerned in, any such removal.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.