National Security (Cash Orders and Hire Purchase Agreements) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1946. No. 128.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1946.*

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 1939-1946.

Dated this thirty-first day of July, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

J. B. CHIFLEY

for and on behalf of the Minister of Stale for Defence.

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Amendments of the National Security(Cash Orders and Hire Purchase Agreements) Regulations.

Minimum deposits.

1. Regulation 20 of the National Security (Cash Orders and Hire Purchase Agreements) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) and inserting in its stead the following paragraphs:—

“(a)where, the goods the subject of the agreement consist of machinery to be used for manufacturing or industrial purposes—a deposit not less than one-tenth of the cash price;

(aa)where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of a motor bus—a deposit not less than one-fifth of the cash price;

(ab)where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of a motor tractor—a deposit not less than one-tenth of the cash price;

(ac)where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of a motor vehicle other than a motor bus or a motor tractor a deposit not less than one-quarter of the cash price;”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1st August 1946.

 Statutory Rules 1942. No. 144, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 243, and Statutory Rules 1943, No. 88.

1328. —Price 3d.

Maximum term.

2. Regulation 23 of the National Security (Cash Orders and Hire Purchase Agreements) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (a)and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of machinery to be used for manufacturing or industrial purposes—a period not exceeding ten years”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph(aa) the following paragraphs:—

“(ab)where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of a motor bus—a period not exceeding five years;

“(ac) where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of a motor tractor—a period not exceeding ten years;

“(ad) where the goods the subject of the agreement consist of a motor vehicle other than a motor bus or a motor tractor—a period not exceeding three years;”.

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