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

STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 268.

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 nineteenth day of November, 1941.

(SGD.) GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

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Amendments of the National Security (General) Regulations.

Unauthorized possession or sale of uniforms and badges.

1. Regulation 31aof the National Security (General) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(b) any uniform of a Nursing Service of the Naval, Military or Air Forces of the Commonwealth or of any Voluntary Aid Detachment or other women’s auxiliary force, detachment or service established by the Commonwealth in connexion with any of those Forces;”.

Unofficial uniforms, &c.

2. Regulation 43 of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(2.) Where any dress, uniform, article of apparel or emblem is adopted by any association or body as the distinctive dress or uniform for members of that association or body or as an emblem indicative of a rank held therein, and the Minister, or any person authorized by the Minister to act on his behalf under this regulation, is of the opinion that the wearing of the dress, uniform, article or emblem by members

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.

  Statutory Rules 1939, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 103, 174 and 177; 1940, Nos. 8, 32, 44, 45, 67, 71, 91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 120, 127, 191, 243, 246, 261, 262, 263, 264 and 270; and 1941, Nos. 2, 8, 9, 40, 69, 112, 116, 125, 171, 174, 179 and 208.

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of the association or body is undesirable by reason of its being similar to any uniform or emblem of the Naval, Military or Air Forces of the Commonwealth, or of any other part of the King’s dominions, or of any women’s auxiliary force, detachment or service established by the Commonwealth in connexion with any of those Forces, the Minister or that person may, by order published in the Gazette, prohibit the wearing or display in public of the dress, uniform, article or emblem.

“(3.) A person shall not wear or display in public any dress, uniform, article of apparel or emblem in contravention of any order made in pursuance of this regulation.

“(4.) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) ‘uniform’ includes any accoutrement or other part of a uniform; and

(b) a dress, uniform, article of apparel or emblem shall be deemed to be worn or displayed in public if it is worn or displayed so as to be visible to any person in any place to which the public have access.”.

4. Regulation 45b of the National Security (General) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Restrictions on departure of ships and aircraft.

“45b.—(1.) The Minister, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient so to do in the interests of public safety, the defence of the Commonwealth or the efficient prosecution of the war or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community, may give directions—

(a) with respect to any class of ships or aircraft in Australia, that a ship or aircraft of that class shall not leave any port or place in Australia at which it may be;

(b) with respect to any particular ship or aircraft at any port or place in Australia, that the ship or aircraft shall not leave that port or place,

except with permission granted by such authority or person as is specified in the directions.

“(2.) A person shall not cause, suffer or permit any ship or aircraft to leave or to attempt to leave any port or place in contravention of any such directions.

“(3.) Any Commonwealth officer may, in relation to any ship or aircraft, take such steps, and use such force, as appear to him to be reasonably necessary for securing compliance with any directions under this regulation relating to the ship or aircraft, or, where any contravention of the directions has occurred in the case of the ship or aircraft, for enabling proceedings in respect of the contravention to be effectually taken.”.

 

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