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

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 264.

––––––

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 twenty seventh day of November, 1940.

Governor-Genera1.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

 

Amendments of National Security (General) Regulations. 

Definitions.

1. Regulation 3 of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “prohibited place” the word “premises” and inserting in its stead the words “a place’’.

Entry on wharves and ships.

2. Regulation 7a of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting in sub-regulation (2.), after the word “situated”, the words “, or by the Administrator of any Territory of the Commonwealth in which the port is situated”;

(b) by inserting the following paragraph at the end of sub-regulation (3.):—

“, or (d)the Administrator of any Territory of the Commonwealth, or any Commonwealth officer or officer of the Public Service of the Territory thereto authorized in writing by him.”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4.) the word “officer” and inserting in its stead the word “person”;

 

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 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 and

5612—10/17.10.1940.—Price 3d.

 

(d) by omitting from paragraph (b)of that sub-regulation the words “officer authorized” and inserting in their stead the words “person empowered”;

(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the word “officer” and inserting in its stead the word “person”; and

(f) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (6.) the words “or by any officer of the Public Service of a Territory of the Commonwealth.”.

Control of language, &c, in telegrams within Australia.

3. After regulation 13 of the National Security (General) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“13a.—(1.) Telegrams shall not be transmitted within Australia unless expressed in plain language in English:

Provided that telegrams may be transmitted in the language of a friendly country or in code or cipher if the sender has obtained a written permit from a Post and Telegraph Censorship Authority authorizing the transmission of telegrams lodged by him in that language or in that code or cipher:

Provided further that where any person has regularly used any code or cipher in telegrams, telegrams lodged by him in that code or cipher may be transmitted during the period of thirty days after the commencement of this regulation.

“(2.) This regulation shall not apply to telegrams sent by or on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth or of a State or by or on behalf of the Administration of a Territory of the Commonwealth or by a Diplomatic or Consular representative of a friendly country.”.

Prohibited papers.

4. Regulation 17b of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended by inserting, after sub-regulation (1.), the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) Any paper registered as a newspaper under the provisions of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1934 or as a book or periodical under the Regulations made under that Act, which is declared by any order made in pursuance, of this regulation to be a prohibited paper, shall be removed from the register.”.

 

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