STATUTORY RULES.
1942. No. 151.
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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 fifth day of March, 1942.
(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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National Security (Interstate Shipments of Coal by
Overseas Ships) Regulations.
Citation.
1.These
Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Interstate Shipments of Coal
by Overseas Ships) Regulations.
Incorporation.
2.These
Regulations shall be incorporated and read as one with the National Security
(Shipping Control) Regulations.
Administration.
3.These
Regulations shall be administered by the Minister of State for Commerce.
Repeal.
4.(1.) The National Security (Coal Freights Equalization)
Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1941, No. 95) are hereby repealed.
(2.) Notwithstanding
the repeal of the National Security (Coal Freights Equalization) Regulations—
(a) moneys standing from time to time at
the credit of the Coal Freights Equalization Fund shall continue to be applied
for the purposes of those Regulations under the direction of the Minister of
State for Commerce; and
(b) subject to the last preceding
paragraph all powers conferred by those Regulations upon the Commonwealth Coal
Board shall be exercisable by the Commonwealth Coal Commission.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.
1832.—Price
3d. 25/11.3.1942.
Validation.
5.Notwithstanding the repeal of the
National Security (Coal Control) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1941, No.
33, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, No. 146) the National Security (Coal
Freights Equalization) Regulations and the Order dated the 12th June, 1941,
made or purporting to be made under the authority of the National Security
(Coal Freights Equalization) Regulations shall be deemed to have remained in full
force and effect.
Space
available in overseas ships for carriage of coal to be offered to Shipping
Control Board.
6.If
any overseas ship or any space in an overseas ship is or may become available
to carry coal to any port in Australia from Newcastle or any other port in
Australia, the ship or such space shall be offered for the purpose to the
Shipping Control Board by the owner, charterer or other person controlling the
use of the ship, who shall name to that Board the terms and conditions upon
which it is proposed to make the ship or space so available.
Charter
of overseas ships for carriage of coal.
7.The
Shipping Control Board may charter any overseas ship for the carriage of coal
upon such terms and conditions as it thinks fit for any voyage or voyages or
may enter into any contract of affreightment for the carriage of coal by any
overseas ship upon such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
Carriage
of coal in overseas ships.
8.The Shipping Control Board may cause
coal to be carried on account of any shipper or consignee in overseas ships
chartered under these Regulations or in respect of which any contract of
affreightment has been so made and may charge the shipper or consignee such
freight rates as would in the opinion of the Shipping Control Board be
appropriate if such coal had been carried by ships under requisition to the
Shipping Control Board under similar conditions of loading and discharge.
Accounts.
9.—(1.) The Shipping Control Board shall keep a separate account for the
purpose of these Regulations and shall credit to that account—
(a) such
moneys as become available under any appropriation to meet expenditure or
liabilities incurred under these Regulations;
(b) all
moneys received by it for the carriage of coal on overseas ships chartered or
in respect of which contracts of affreightment have been made under these
Regulations; and
(c)
such moneys as the Shipping Control Board, by resolution, allocates to that
account from freights earned by the Board by the carriage of coal in ships
under requisition to it or from other sources.
(2.) Out
of that account, the Board shall pay all moneys payable under or in connexion
with the charters or contracts of affreightment made under these Regulations,
and any other liabilities or expenses arising out of the administration of
these Regulations.
Overseas
ships not to be chartered to carry coal between Australian ports.
10.A person shall not, without the
consent in writing of the Shipping Control Board, charter any overseas ship for
the carriage of coal between any Australian ports or make any contract of
affreightment for the carriage of coal by any overseas ship between any
Australian ports.
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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth
Government Printer, Canberra.