National Security (Prices) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 294.

 

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 Forth day of December, 1940.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

 

Amendments of the National Security (Prices) Regulations.  

Declaration of secrecy.

1. Regulation 11 of the National Security (Prices) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to prohibit—

(a) the Commissioner, whenever he considers it necessary or desirable in the interests of justice so to do—

(i) from communicating to the Attorney-General of a State any information which has, whether before or after the commencement of these Regulations, come to his knowledge in consequence of his official position and which makes it appear that any person has committed, or is suspected of having committed or is about to commit, an offence against any law of that State relating to secret commissions; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1940.

  Statutory Rules 1940, No. 176, as amended by Statutory Rules 1940, No. 219.

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(ii) from producing to the Attorney-General of a State, for use in connexion with the prosecution of a person for any such offence, any documents, books or papers containing any such information; and

(b)any person exercising any power or performing any duty under these Regulations from answering any question relating to any such offence which he is required to answer when called as a witness in the prosecution of a person for that offence.”.

Alteration of ingredients of declared goods.

2. Regulation 36 of the National Security (Prices) Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following paragraph:—

“or (e) sell or offer for sale as declared goods any goods which are adulterated or which are falsely described, packed or enclosed for sale or labelled as declared goods.”.

Books, accounts, &c., to be kept and preserved.

3. Regulation 49 of the National Security (Prices) Regulations is amended by omitting all words from and including the words “Every person” (first occurring) to the word “sales” (inclusive) and inserting in their stead the following words:—

“Every person engaged in the production, manufacture or supply of declared goods and every person supplying or carrying on a declared service shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, keep proper books and accounts and costing records, and shall preserve those books and accounts and costing records, including all copies of invoices and all vouchers, agreements, correspondence, cables, telegrams and other documents relating to his purchases, costs and sales”.

 

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