STATUTORY
RULES.
1940. No. 78.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ACT 1939.*
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.
Dated
this second day of May, 1940.
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence
Co-ordination.
National Security (Sheepskins) Regulations.
Citation.
1. These
Regulations maybe cited as the National Security (Sheepskins) Regulations.
Objects.
2. The
purpose of these Regulations is to provide for the carrying out of an
arrangement between the Government of Great Britain and the Government of the
Commonwealth for acquiring, in connexion with the present war, wool sheepskins
in Australia available for export, and to provide for matters arising thereout
and incidental thereto, and these Regulations shall be administered
accordingly.
Regulations
to be administered by Central WoolCommittee.
3. The
Central Wool Committee, constituted under the National Security (Wool)
Regulations shall be charged with the administration of these Regulations and
of all matters arising out of the arrangement referred to in the last preceding
regulation.
Powers
of Central Wool Committee.
4. The
Central Wool Committee shall have all powers and authorities conducive or
incidental to the purpose of these Regulations, and in particular the power of
employing such persons and upon such terms as it thinks fit, and the power, in
the name of the Central Wool Committee, of contracting and entering into leases
or acquiring any land or interest therein and of taking any legal proceedings.
Sheepskin
Sub-Committee.
5. For the purposes of these Regulations, the
Central Wool Committee may form a sub-committee, to be called the Sheepskin Sub-Committee,
and may delegate to the sub-committee such powers, functions and duties as the
Central Wool Committee from time to time thinks fit.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1940.
1487.—8/1.5.1940.—Price 3d
Appointment
ofSheepskinSub-Committee.
6. —(1.)
The Sheepskin Sub-Committee shall consist of—
(a) a Chairman, who shall be a member of the
Central Wool Committee;
(b)
two other members of the Central Wool Committee, one of whom shall be the
Executive Member; and
(c) such other persons, not exceeding six, as
the Central Wool Committee thinks fit to appoint.
(2.) The Chairman and other members of the Sheepskin
Sub-Committee (other than the Executive Member of the Central Wool Committee,
who shall be a member ex
officio) shall be appointed by the Central Wool Committee and
shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central Wool Committee.
(3.) The Chairman and other members of the Sheepskin
Sub-Committee shall be remunerated by fees fixed by the Central Wool Committee.
Proceedings
ofSheepskinSub-Committee.
7. The
Central Wool Committee may make rules regulating the manner in which the
proceedings of the Sheepskin Sub-Committee (including the quorum and majorities
necessary for decisions) shall be conducted and may by rules, or from time to
time by resolution, determine the relations of the Sheepskin Sub-Committee to
the Central Wool Committee.
Voidance
of contracts.
8. Every
contract or agreement for the sale of wool sheepskins, other than for the sale
to persons within Australia, in force at the commencement of these Regulations,
shall be void if and so far as the Central Wool Committee thinks fit so to
direct. Any such direction may be given subject to such conditions or
qualifications (if any) as the Central Wool Committee thinks fit to impose.
Appraisement
of wool sheepskins.
9. All
wool sheepskins available for export may, and, if the Central Wool Committee so
directs, shall, be submitted for appraisement under these Regulations.
Acquisition
of wool sheepskins submitted for appraisement.
10. Wool
sheepskins submitted for appraisement may be rejected, but otherwise the
property in every parcel of wool sheepskins submitted for appraisement shall
pass to the Commonwealth when the final appraisement thereof is completed in
the manner prescribed by the instructions of the Central Wool Committee
governing the appraisement of wool sheepskins.
Table
of limits.
11. —(1.)
For the purpose of appraising wool sheepskins according to description, the
Central Wool Committee shall cause to be prepared a table of limits or lists of
appraisement types or classifications of wool sheepskins.
(2.) In
the preparation of the table of limits, regard shall be bad to the prices
indicated in the Scoured Skin Wool Section of the table of limits prepared
under regulation 16 of the National Security (Wool) Regulations.
Appointment
of appraisers.
12. — (1.)
The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Central Wool Committee,
appoint Controlling Appraisers for the Commonwealth and Appraisers in each
State, and may terminate the appointment of any Controlling Appraiser or of any
Appraiser, without prior notice.
(2.) A
person shall not act as a Controlling Appraiser or as an Appraiser—
(a) if he has not been so appointed;
(b) if he has not made a declaration in
accordance with Form A in the Schedule to these Regulations; or
(c) if his appointment has been terminated.
Manner
of appraisement.
13. —(1.)
The appraisement of each parcel of wool sheepskins shall be made by three
Appraisers, one of whom shall represent the owner thereof, and two of whom
shall represent the Commonwealth.
(2.) The Appraisers shall appraise each lot of wool
sheepskins submitted and determine its value, and the determination shall be
final and without appeal.
Manner
of packing and display.
14. Wool
sheepskins shall be packed and displayed for appraisement in accordance with
the directions of the Central Wool Committee. Subject to such directions and to
these Regulations, the conditions prevailing with reference to wool sheepskins
in each selling centre before the first day of September, 1939, shall continue
and shall be observed.
Sheepskins
not to be appraised in certain stores.
15. Wool
sheepskins shall not be appraised in the store of any Sheepskin Export Packer
unless—
(a) the Sheepskin Export Packer has been
approved in writing by the Central Wool Committee;
(b) the approval has not been withdrawn; and
(c) the Sheepskin Export Packer has entered
into a bond as determined by the Central Wool Committee.
Information
not to be supplied.
16. A Controlling
Appraiser, Appraiser, or other person employed for the purposes of these
Regulations shall not, without the consent in writing of the Chairman of the
Central Wool Committee, supply information with reference to any wool
sheepskins, or to any matter affecting the administration of these Regulations,
for publication in any newspaper, or by broadcast or otherwise.
Approval
of expenditure.
17. All
expenditure for the purpose of these Regulations approved by the Chairman of
the Central Wool Committee, or the Executive Member, acting for and on behalf
of the Central Wool Committee shall be deemed to have been duly authorized by
the Central Wool Committee.
Finance.
18. —(1.)
All moneys payable by the Government of Great Britain under the arrangement
referred to in regulation 2 of these Regulations shall be received by the
Central Wool Committee, and out of those moneys the Central Wool Committee
shall defray all costs, charges and expenses of administering these
Regulations, and make the payments to suppliers of wool sheepskins.
(2.) Moneys arising under the arrangement referred to
in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be kept separate from the moneys
arising under the arrangement referred to in regulation 2 of
the National
Security (Wool) Regulations and all expenditure incurred in the
administration of these Regulations shall be borne by the former moneys.
(3.) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last
preceding sub-regulation,
the Central Wool Committee may use the services of the
organization set
up under the National Security (Wool) Regulations, or of any member or members
of that organization, for the purposes of these Regulations, to such extent as
it thinks proper, and shall charge therefor against the moneys arising under these
Regulations such sum (if any) as it thinks fit.
SCHEDULE.
Regulation 12. Form
A.
Commonwealth of Australia.
NATIONAL SECURITY (SHEEPSKINS)
REGULATIONS.
Declaration.
I, of
being
a Controlling Appraiser/an Appraiser appointed
under the National Security (Sheepskins) Regulations, do solemnly and sincerely
declare as follows:—
(a) Here
insert country of birth
(b) Here
insert date of birth.
(c) Here
insert nationality at date of birth.
(d)Here
insert present nationality.
1. I was born at (a) on
(b)
2. At the date of my birth I was(c)
3. I am now (d)
And I do solemnly
and sincerely promise and declare that I will faithfully and, to the best of my
ability, perform the duties imposed on me as a Controlling Appraiser/an
Appraiser under those Regulations and that I will not, except in the course of
my duty, disclose any information which comes into my possession in the course
of those duties, and that I will not, without the consent in writing of the
Chairman of the Central Wool Committee, supply information for publication in
any newspaper or by broadcast or otherwise:
And I make this
solemn declaration by virtue of the Statutory
Declarations Act 1911-1922 conscientiously believing the
statements contained therein to be true in every particular.
Declared at
this day
of *
19
Before
me
‡
* Signature of Appraiser.
Signature of
person before whom declaration made.
‡ Title of person before whom declaration
made.
Note.—Any
person who makes a false statement in a Statutory Declaration is guilty of an
indictable offence, and is liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour,
for four years.
By
Authority: L. F.
Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.