National Security (Supplementary) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1945. No. 67.

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 eighth day of May, 1945.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

J. B. CHIFLEY

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

 

Amendment of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.

Regulation 118a‡ of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(1a.) The prescribed day is hereby declared to be a bank holiday in the Commonwealth.

“(1b.) Where any person is required, in pursuance of any process or notification issued by any court or other tribunal, or by any authority, to attend before a court, tribunal or authority on the prescribed day, he shall not be required to attend on that day but he shall, on the next business day of the court, tribunal or authority following the prescribed day—

(a) attend, at the office of the court, tribunal or authority before the Registrar or other proper officer of the court or tribunal or before the authority; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 8th May, 1945.

Statutory Rules 1940, No. 126, as amended to date. For previous National Security (Supplementary) Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1944, No. 157, and also Statutory Rules 1944, Nos. 162 and 188; and 1945, Nos. 18, 53 and 66.

‡ Statutory Rules 1945, No. 66.

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(b) receive from the Registrar, other officer or authority, a notification of the day and time at which he shall attend before the court, tribunal or authority,

and the day and time so notified to him shall be deemed to be the day and time specified in the process or notification as the day and time for his attendance before the court, tribunal or authority.

“(1c.) Subject to this regulation, where, by or under any law, deed, contract or agreement, any act or thing is required to be done on the prescribed day, that act or thing may be done on the day next following the prescribed day.

“(1d.) Nothing in this regulation shall prevent a court from sitting on the prescribed day, if it considers it necessary so to do, and, if a court sits on the prescribed day, every person employed in connexion with any proceedings before the court shall be deemed to have been so employed in pursuance of a direction under this regulation.”.

 

By Authority: L. F.