National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1945. No. 13.

 

REGULATIONS 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 Regulations under the National Security Act 1939-1943.

Dated this eighth day of February, 1945.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

 

R. V. KEANE

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

 

Amendments of the National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations.

Definitions.

1. Regulation 3 of the National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of “month” the following definition:—

“‘the Central Controller’ means the Central Controller of Tobacco Rationing referred to in regulation 8 of these Regulations;”;

(b) by inserting in the definition of “tobacco”, after the word “cigarettes”, the words “and cigars”; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) For the purposes of these Regulations, the Australian Capital Territory shall be deemed to form part of the State of New South Wales and the Northern Territory shall be deemed to form part of the State of South Australia.”.

 

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

  Statutory Rules 1942, No. 83, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 399.

3924.—Price 3d.

 

Tobacco Manufacturers’ Advisory Committee.

2. Regulation 4 of the National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (3.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(3a.) The Minister may appoint a person to be the deputy of any member of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Advisory Committee and each person so appointed may, in the event of the absence of that member from a meeting of the Committee, attend that meeting.”.

3. Regulation 6 of the National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Tobacco to be distributed equitably.

“6. All manufacturers and all vendors shall distribute tobacco in an equitable manner as determined by the Minister.”.

State Tobacco Distribution Committees.

4. Regulation 7 of the National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(3a.) The Minister may appoint a person to be the deputy of any member (other than the Chairman) of a Tobacco Distribution Committee and each person so appointed may, in the event of the absence of that member from a meeting of the Committee, attend that meeting.

“(4.) Subject to any direction of the Minister, the functions of each Tobacco Distribution Committee shall be—

(a) to consider any complaint made to the Committee by any vendor of tobacco or any complaint referred to it by the Minister, through the Central Controller, to the effect that the provisions of regulation 6 of these Regulations are not being observed; and

(b) to consider the amount of tobacco which should be delivered during any month to any vendor and to report to the Minister, through the Central Controller, accordingly.”.

5. Regulations 8 and 9 of the National Security (Tobacco Rationing) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Central Controller of Tobacco Rationing.

“8.—(1.) For the purposes of these Regulations there shall be a Central Controller of Tobacco Rationing.

“(2.) The person for the time being holding the office of Chairman of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Advisory Committee shall be the Central Controller.

“(3.) It shall be the function of the Central Controller to advise each Tobacco Distribution Committee as to the exercise of its functions under these Regulations.

Information not to be disclosed.

“8a. A member of the Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee, a deputy of any such member, a member of a Tobacco Distribution Committee, and a deputy of any such member, shall not disclose to any person not directly associated with the administration of these Regulations any information which has come into his possession as such a member or deputy of a member.

 

Disclosure of Information.

“9.—(1.) The Central Controller, any officer of the Department authorized in writing by the Central Controller to act under this regulation, or a Collector of Customs for a State may require—

(a)any vendor to disclose to the Chairman of the Tobacco Distribution Committee in the State in which the vendor is engaged in the sale of tobacco the source or sources from which he obtained supplies of tobacco, and the quantity of tobacco obtained from each such source, at any time since the thirtieth day of September, 1939;

(b)any manufacturer to furnish to the Central Controller such information, and to produce such invoices and other documents, as are necessary to enable the quantity of tobacco received and delivered by that manufacturer during any period, and the quantity of tobacco held in stock by that manufacturer at any date, to be ascertained; and

(c)any vendor (not being a manufacturer) to furnish to the Chairman of the Tobacco Distribution Committee in the State in which the vendor is engaged in the sale of tobacco such information, and to produce such invoices and other documents, as are necessary to enable the quantity of tobacco received and delivered by that vendor during any period, and the quantity of tobacco held in stock by that vendor during any period, to be ascertained.

“(2.) A person shall not refuse or fail to comply with any requirement so made or furnish false or misleading information in pursuance of any such requirement,”.

 

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