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

STATUTORY RULES.

1944. No. 58

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 first day of April, 1944.

(SGD. GOWRIE)

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

F.M. FORDE

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

 

Amendment of National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.  

The National Security (Supplementary) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:—

Closing of hotels, &c, prohibition of race meetings, &c, and closing of theatres on Anzac Day, 1944.

“ .—(1.) A person holding a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor in respect of any hotel, wine saloon or other business premises shall not, on the 25th day of April, 1944, keep the hotel, wine saloon or premises open for the sale, supply or disposal of intoxicating liquor or sell, supply or dispose of, or cause or permit the sale, supply or disposal of, intoxicating liquor to any person to whom it would be unlawful to sell, supply or dispose of intoxicating liquor at the hotel, wine saloon or premises if that day were a Sunday and no such person last-mentioned shall, without lawful excuse, enter or be in the hotel, wine saloon or premises on that day.

“(2.) A person shall not, on the 25th day of April, 1944, hold or conduct, or cause or permit to be held or conducted—

(a) any race-meeting or meeting for greyhound-racing;

(b) any organized meeting for the purpose of carrying on any athletic game or sport; or

(c) any public entertainment in any theatre (including a picture theatre), public hall or other like building prior to One o’clock in the afternoon.

 

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1944.

Statutory Rules 1940, No. 126, as amended to date. For previous National Security (Supplementary) Regulations see footnote   Statutory Rules 1944, No. 2, and Statutory Rules 1944, Nos. 4, 43 and 45.

1537.—Price 3d. 9/25.3.1944.

 

“(3.) A person who is the owner, lessee or occupier of, or who has control of, any race course, recreation ground, building or other place shall not cause, permit or suffer to be held thereon any meeting or entertainment in violation of, or contrary to this regulation.

“(4.) Nothing in this regulation shall render anything lawful which would otherwise be unlawful.

“(5.) In this regulation, ‘race-meeting’ and ‘greyhound-racing’ have the same respective meanings as in the National Security (Racing Restriction) Regulations.”.

 

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