National Security (Civil Defence Volunteers' Compensation) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 91.

 

REGULATION 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 Regulation under the National Security Act 1939-1940.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of February, 1942.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. P. LAZZARINI

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

 

Amendment of the National Security (Civil Defence Volunteers’ Compensation) Regulations.

After regulation 6 of the National Security (Civil Defence Volunteers’ Compensation) Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

“Unauthorized enemy raids precautions organizations prohibited.

6a.—(1.) A person shall not, without the approval of the Minister, form any organization having as its object the taking of measures for enemy raids precautions.

(2.) A person shall not, as a member of an organization formed before the commencement of this regulation, and not approved by the Minister, take any measures for enemy raids precautions.

(3.) A person shall not assume or use, in connexion with any organization formed before the commencement of this regulation and not approved by the Minister—

(a) the words and groups of letters ‘Civilian Air Raid Defence’, ‘Civil Defence’, ‘Air Raid Precautions’, ‘A.R.P.’, ‘E.R.P.’;

(b)any word or group of letters that would lead persons reasonably to believe that the organization has as its object the taking of measures for enemy raids precautions; or

(c) any other word or group of letters declared by the Minister by order to be a prohibited word or group of letters for the purposes of this regulation.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 27th February, 1942.

  Statutory Rules 1941, No. 288, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 53.

1512.—Price 3d.

 

(4.) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any such organization consisting substantially of employees of, and formed solely in relation to, any business or undertaking of the Commonwealth or of any State or any Commonwealth or State instrumentality or any company, firm or person.

(5.) For the purposes of this regulation, ‘enemy raids precautions’ means the protection of persons and property against war-like attack and the results of any such attack.”.

 

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