National Security (Passport) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 158.

 

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 Regulation under the NationalSecurity Act 1939-1940.

Dated this seventh day of August, 1940.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ROBERT G. MENZIES

Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

 

Amendment of the National Security (Passport) Regulations.

Person to whom these Regulations do not apply.

1. Regulation 10 of the National Security (Passport) Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (b), the following paragraph:—

“(ba) a person, not being an alien, travelling between the Commonwealth and the Dominion of New Zealand who is in possession of—

(i) a permit to leave the Commonwealth for New Zealand issued under the authority of the Minister; or

(ii) a permit to leave New Zealand issued by a proper authority in pursuance of the New Zealand Overseas Passengers Emergency Regulations 1939;

Provided that a person using a permit for the return journey from the Commonwealth to New Zealand shall not be entitled to exemption under this paragraph unless the permit has been endorsed by an officer for that journey; “

2. After regulation 11 of the National Security (Passport) Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

False Statements.

“11a. A person shall not, for the purpose of obtaining a permit under these Regulations, make any false or misleading statement, whether orally or in writing.”

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 8th August, 1940.

  Statutory Rules 1939, No. 89.

 

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

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