National Security (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 56.

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 Eleventh

day of February , 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

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

 

Amendment of the National Security (General) Regulations.

After regulation 17 of the National Security (General) Regulation the following regulations are inserted:—

Signs containing geographical indications.

“17aa.—(1.) The Minister may by order make provision for prohibiting the erection or display of direction posts, place names, maps or other signs likely to afford assistance to the enemy in the event of hostile attack, and for the removal, obliteration or concealment of any of those signs.

“(2.) Any order under this regulation may be made so as to apply either generally or to a particular area and either to signs generally or to any class of signs.

Articles likely to afford information or other assistance to the enemy.

“17ab.—(1.) If a Minister is satisfied that any articles or articles of any class or description are likely to assist the enemy to obtain information of military value or otherwise to facilitate the preparation or carrying out of hostile operations, he may by order make such provision as appears to be expedient—

(a) for prohibiting or restricting the acquisition, sale, distribution, possession or disposal of those articles;

(b) for requiring those articles to be placed in the custody of such authorities or persons as are specified in the order;

(c) for authorizing or requiring the destruction of the articles,

and any such order may make provision for such incidental and supplementary matters as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient.

“(2.) Any order under this regulation may be made so as to apply either generally or to a particular area.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.

 Statutory Rules 1939, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 103, 174 and 177; 1940, Nos. 8, 32, 34, 45, 67, 71, 90, 91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 120, 127, 171, 175, 187, 191, 243, 246, 261, 262, 263, 264 and 270; 1941, Nos. 2, 8, 9, 40, 69, 112, 116, 125, 171, 174, 179, 248, 266, 268, 274, 287, 291, 301 and 325.

 

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

745.—25/29.1.1942.—Price 3d.