War Precautions (Coal Tar) Regulations 1916 (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 290.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

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 1914-1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifteenth day of November, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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The War Precautions (Coal Tar) Regulations 1916.

Short title.

1 These Regulations may be cited as the War Precautions (Coal Tar) Regulations 1916.

Operation.

2. These Regulations shall have effect in the following areas, which, for the purposes of these Regulations, shall be specified areas:—

(a) The areas comprised within a radius of 10 miles from the General Post Office, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth respectively;

(b)The area comprised within a radius of 5 miles from the General Post Office, Hobart;

(c) The area comprised within a radius of 10 miles from the Post Office at Newcastle;

(d)The areas comprised within a radius of 5 miles from the Post Offices, at Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo, respectively.

Definition.

3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Crude tar” means tar which has not been subjected to distillation by methods approved by the Minister.

Appointment of officers.

4 The Minister may appoint such officers as he thinks necessary with purposes of—

(a) supervising the methods of distillation of crude tar, and (b) the effectual carrying out of these Regulations.

Powers of officers.

5 Any officer appointed for the purposes of these Regulations may, in the specified areas—

(a) enter upon any works used for the distillation of crude tar;

(b)require the owner or person in control of any such works to furnish him with any information he requires; and

  

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(c) require the production, by the owner or person in control of such works, of all or any documents, books, or papers;

(d)require the owner or person in control of any such works to furnish him with any samples of crude tar or its products which he may require.

Supervision of distillation by officers appointed by Minister.

6. At any works within the specified areas the operation of distillation and the separation and conservation of condensed oils shall be carried out in accordance with the instructions of officers thereto authorized in writing by the Minister.

Minister may prohibit working of the plant.

7.At any works within the specified areas the Minister may prohibit the working of any tar-distilling plant until arrangements satisfactory to the Minister are made for the working of the plant.

Use of crude tar prohibited.

8. (1) After the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, no person shall, without the permission in writing of the Minister, use crude tar for any purposes whatsoever.

(2) The Minister may, by writing under his hand, permit any person to use crude tar in special cases of for special purposes. Forms of application for permission may be obtained on application to the Directorate of Munitions, Collins House, Melbourne.

Details of existing plants to be furnished.

9. All persons, firms, municipal or other authorities, operating tar-distilling plants within the specified areas are required to furnish to the Directorate of Munitions, within twenty-one (21) days of the date hereof a statement showing for each plant—

(a) Location of plant.

(b)Maximum distilling capacity in gallons of crude tar per twenty-four (24) hours.

(c) Average quantity (gallons) of crude tar distilled per month.

Details of new plants to be furnished.

10. All persons, firms, municipal or other authorities proposing to undertake the distillation of tar within the specified areas at any time subsequent to the date hereof are required to give notice of such intention to the Directorate of Munitions, Collins House, Melbourne, together with particulars of the capacity of the proposed plant as defined in clause 9.

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