STATUTORY RULES.
1940. No. 72.
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 twenty-third day of April, 1940.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
F. STEWART
for and on
behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
National Security (Supply Certificate) Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National
Security (Supply Certificates) Regulations.
Application.
2. These Regulations shall not apply in any Territory of
the Commonwealth which does not form part of the Commonwealth.
Definitions.
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention
appears—
“supply
certificate” means a supply certificate granted under these Regulations;
“the Minister”
means the Minister of State for Supply and Development;
“the Secretary” means the Secretary,
Department of Supply and Development.
Applications for supply certificates.
4.—(1.) Any person who desires to import or export any goods maymake an application to the Secretary, in accordance with
a form approved by the Minister, for the grant of a supply certificate in
respect thereof.
(2.) An applicant for a certificate shall
furnish such information and particulars in support thereof as the Secretary
requires.
(3.) The Secretary may require an applicant
to verify any such information or particulars by statutory declaration.
Grant ofsupplycertificates.
5. Where the Minister, the Secretary, or a person
thereto authorized in writing by
the Secretary, is satisfied that the importation or exportation of any goods in
respect of which an application for a supply certificate is made is desirable
in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth, he may, in his absolute
discretion, grant a supply certificate in respect of those goods.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 23rd
April, 1940.
2417.—Price 3d.
Revocation of supply certificates.
6. The Minister, the Secretary or a person thereto
authorized in writing by the Secretary may, in his absolute discretion, at any
time revoke any supply certificate.
Supply certificates to beforwarded to
Comptroller-General of Customs.
7.—(1.) The Secretary shall forward a copy of each
supply certificate to the Comptroller-General of Customs.
(2.) Where a certificate relates to the
importation of goods from the United Kingdom, the exportation of which
therefrom is subject to the grant of a licence or other like authority, the
Secretary shall forward a copy of the certificate to the High Commissioner of
the Commonwealth in the United Kingdom. The Secretary may, at the request of
the person to whom the certificate is granted, and upon payment of a fee of One
pound, forward the copy by cablegram.
Supply certificates not to have effect of
authorizing importation orexportation.
8. The grant of a supply certificate shall not have the
effect of authorizing the importation or exportation of goods the importation
or exportation of which is prohibited (whether absolutely, or subject to
conditions or restrictions) by any law of the Commonwealth.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston,
Commonwealth Government Printer,
Canberra.