War Precautions (Coal) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1921. No. 3.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT REPEAL ACT 1920.

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 War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of January, 1921.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. H. LAIRD SMITH,

Minister of State for the Navy.

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Amendment of War Precautions (Coal) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1917, No. 195, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 2of the War Precautions (Coal) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following definition:—

“‘person, firm, company or authority’ means—

(a) in relation to the possession or use of coal or coke the person, firm, company or authority on the premises of whom or which the coal or coke is stored or consumed;

(b) in relation to the supply and receipt of coal or coke the person, firm, company or authority who received payment or pays for the coal or coke; and

(c) in relation to the use or consumption of electric current or gas the person, firm, company or authority liable to pay the company or other authority supplying the electric current or gas for electric current or gas used or consumed on the premises and includes the owner or occupier of the premises on which the electric current or gas is used or consumed.”.

2. Regulation 4 of the War Precautions (Coal) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2.) the words “The Director of Navy Contracts” and inserting in their stead the words “The Chairman of the Central Coal Board”.

3. Regulation 5 of the War Precautions (Coal) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “to whom or to which the preceding Regulation applies”.

4. Regulation 6 of the War Precautions (Coal) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “supply coal or coke to any person, firm, company, or authority for any purpose whatever” and inserting in their stead the words “supply to, or receive from, any person, firm, company or authority, any coal or coke for any purpose whatever”.

 

5. Regulation 8 of the War Precautions (Coal) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(3.) No person, firm, company or authority shall, without the consent of the Minister or a Coal Board or a person thereto authorized by the Minister or a Coal Board, use electric current or gas for industrial purposes.

“(4.) In granting any such consent, the Minister or a Coal Board or a person thereto authorized by the Minister or a Coal Board may specify the rate of use or consumption of electric current or gas and the industrial purposes and the period for which it may be used.

“(5.) Any person, firm, company or authority who or which uses or consumes electric current or gas at a greater rate of consumption than that so specified or uses electric current or gas for any purpose other than that so specified shall be guilty of an offence.”.

6. After regulation 9 of the War Precautions (Coal) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Revocation of permits, &c.

“9a. The Minister or a Coal Board or any person thereto authorized by the Minister or a Coal Board may, by notice in writing or by notice published in the Gazette, at any time revoke, cancel or withdraw any permit, direction or consent granted or given in pursuance of these Regulations and remove or suspend any restrictions imposed in pursuance of regulations, 8a or 8b of these Regulations.”.

   

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