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

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 270.

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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-ninth day of November, 1940.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

PERCY C. SPENDER

for Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

 

Amendments of the National Security (General) Regulations.

Restriction orders and detention orders.

Regulation 26 of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (3b.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3b.) An application in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation shall be made within fourteen days after the date upon which the applicant receives notice of the order.”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (7.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation ;—

“(7.) A recommendation for the release of a person who is detained in pursuance of an order under this regulation shall not be made by an advisory committee unless it is satisfied—

(a) that it is neither necessary nor advisable for the public safety or the defence of the Commonwealth that the person should continue to be detained; and

(b)that the release of the person would not be likely to occasion serious unrest in any Australian community.”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th November, 1940.

  Statutory Rules 1939, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 103, 174 and 177; and 1940, Nos. 8, 32, 34, 45, 67, 71, 90, 91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 120, 127, 171, 175, 187, 191, 243, 261, 262, 263 and 264.

 

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

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