National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 6.

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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-third day of January, 1941.

(Sgd.) Gowrie

 

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

 

Amendment of the National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations.

Provisions relating to contracts entered into prior to commencement of Regulations.

Regulation 17 of the National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) Where a person has entered into a contract or agreement for the sale of land to another person or providing for the acquisition, in any contingency, by another person of a freehold or perpetual leasehold title to land, and the first-mentioned person satisfies the Attorney-General—

(a) that that other person cannot be found and that he has made reasonable efforts to ascertain his whereabouts;

(b) that, so far as he is aware, that other person is not an enemy alien, naturalized person of enemy origin or a subject of a country in enemy occupation; and

(c) that it is necessary to give effect to the contract or agreement to enable a third person to exercise rights which he has in respect of the land,

the Attorney-General may authorize the first-mentioned person to execute an instrument to give effect to the contract or agreement and thereupon it shall not be unlawful under these Regulations for that person to execute an instrument accordingly.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 24 January, 1941.

  Statutory Rules 1940, No. 141, as amended by Statutory Rules 1940, Nos. 148, 200, 239 and 265.

 

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