National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1946. No. 11.

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REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1943.*

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 National Security Act 1939-1943.

Dated this seventeenth day of January, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

F. M. FORDE

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations.

Definitions.

Regulation 2 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the definition of “superior authority” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘superior authority’ means the Adjutant-General, the Commander of Western Command or of a Lines of Communication Area or the officer, not below the rank of brigadier, commanding an Army, Corps or Division of the Australian Military Forces;”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 21st January, 1946.

  Statutory Rules 1941, No. 178, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 201 and 207; 1942, Nos. 315 and 529; 1943, Nos. 88, 132 and 277; 1944, No. 78; and 1945, No. 102.

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

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