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

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No..

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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 seventh day of November, 1940

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD) W.M HUGHES

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

 

Amendments of the National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations.

Definitions.

1. Regulation 2 of the National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in the definition of “company to which these Regulations apply” after the words “held by”, the words “or on behalf of persons included in”;

(b) by adding at the end of the definition of “enemy alien” the words “, but does not include a person who is a naturalized person of enemy origin within the meaning of these Regulations;”;

(c) by omitting from the definition of “naturalized person of enemy origin” the words “the wife of any such naturalized person;” and inserting in their stead the following words:—

“—(c) the wife of any such naturalized person;

 

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  ,1940.

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

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(d)the wife of an enemy alien who is, by reason of a declaration made under section 18a of the Nationality Act 1920-1936, entitled, while in Australia or any Territory of the Commonwealth, to all political and other rights powers and privileges to which a naturalized British subject is entitled; and

(e) a woman who is the widow of an enemy alien and who, prior to her marriage, was a British subject;”; and

(d)by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, shares shall be deemed to be held by persons included in one or more of the following classes of persons, namely:—

(a) Enemy aliens;

(b) Naturalized persons of enemy origin; and

(c) Subjects of countries in enemy occupation,

if they are held by a company formed on or after the twenty-fourth day of July, 1940, in which there are not more than twenty-five shareholders and in which at least one-third in value of the shares are held by or on behalf of persons included in one or more of those classes of persons.”.

Repeal of regulation 3.

2.Regulation 3 of the National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations is repealed.

Repeal of regulation 18.

3. Regulation 18 of the National Security (Land Transfer) Regulations is repealed.

 

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