National Security (Supplementary) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATION 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
Dated this thirty first
day of July, 1940.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
Amendment of National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.
After regulation 2 of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations the following regulation is added:—
“3.—(1.) In any proceedings before—
(
a ) the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration or any other Court or authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth exercising jurisdiction in relation to industrial disputes or the wages and working conditions in any industry; or(
b ) a judge or officer of any such Court or authority,
the Court, authority, judge or officer may, if it or he thinks it desirable in the interests of the public safety or defence of the Commonwealth so to do—
(i) take and receive evidence
in camera and in the absence of such of the parties to the proceedings as the Court, authority, judge or officer thinks fit; and(ii) order that the evidence or the nature thereof shall not, under any circumstances or in any manner whatsoever, be published or disclosed,
and may take such evidence into consideration and act thereon as if the evidence had been taken or received in open Court and in the presence of all the parties to the proceedings.
(2.) Where any such order has been made a person shall not, under any circumstances or in any manner whatsoever, publish or disclose, in contravention of the order, any such evidence or the nature thereof.”.
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Notified in the
By Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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