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

STATUTORY RULES

1945. No. 179.

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REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1943.*

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 1939-1943.

Dated this twenty-third day of November, 1945.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

W. P. ASHLEY

for and on behalf of the Minister

of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the National Security (General) Regulations.

Deserters, &c., from ships.

Regulation 51a‡ of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) all the words before paragraph (a) and inserting in their stead the following words:—

“Any seaman (unless he was born in Australia, proof whereof shall lie upon him) who, whether before or after the commencement of this regulation, is or was, at the time of his entry into Australia, or at any time thereafter under an obligation to serve on a ship not registered in Australia, shall not—”;

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 23rd November, 1945.

  Statutory Rules 1930, No, 37, as amended by Statutory Rules 1930, Nos. 103, 174 and 177; 1940, Nos. 3, 32, 34, 45, 67, 71, 90, 91, 98, 113, 113, 119, 120, 127, 171, 175, 187, 191, 243, 246, 261, 262, 263, 264 and 270; 1941, Nos. 2, 8, 9, 40, 112, 116, 125, 171, 174, 179, 208, 248, 266, 268, 274, 287, 291, 301 and 325; 1942, Nos. 34, 40, 56, 67, 87, 89, 97, 105, 124, 133, 141, 163, 235, 259; 266, 276, 296, 303, 309, 357, 373, 374, 402, 405, 443, 467, 475, 486, 519, 540, 547 and 557; 1943, Nos. 7, 32, 83, 99, 123, 137, 224 and 278; 1944, Nos. 9, 19, 55, 83, 113 and 181; and 1945, Nos. 13, 20, 40, 47, 50, 57, 58 and 64.

‡ Substituted by Statutory Rules 1945; No. 58.

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(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (14.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(14a.) In any proceedings against a seaman for a contravention of this regulation, a certificate by a Collector of Customs that, according to the appropriate official records, a ship is not registered in Australia, shall be prima facie evidence that the ship is not registered in Australia”; and

(c) by omitting, the definition of “seaman” in sub-regulation

(15.) and inserting in its stead; the following definition:—

“‘seaman’ includes the master, an officer or a member of the crew or staff of a ship;”.

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