War Precautions (Enemy Shareholders) Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 62.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1915.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the War Precautions Act 1914-1915 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twentieth day of April, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. HIGGS,

For Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of the War Precautions (Enemy Shareholders) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1916, No. 38, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, Nos. 42 and 54).

1. Regulation 2 of the War Precautions (Enemy Shareholders) Regulations is amended by adding at the end of the definition of “enemy subject” the following words:—

”, and includes—

(а) any company, whether incorporated in an enemy country or not; or

(b) any firm carrying on business in the Commonwealth or elsewhere,

which the Attorney-General, by notice published in the Gazette, has declared to be in his opinion managed or controlled directly or indirectly by or under the influence of, or carried on wholly or mainly for the benefit or on behalf of, persons of enemy nationality, or resident or carrying on business in an enemy country;”

2. Regulation 4 of the War Precautions (Enemy Shareholders) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:—

“Provided that any such enemy subject which is a company or firm declared by the Attorney-General by notice published in the Gazette to be in his opinion managed or controlled directly or indirectly by or under the influence of, or carried on wholly or mainly for the benefit or on behalf of, persons of enemy nationality, or resident or carrying on business in an enemy country, shall be transfer its shares on or before the thirtieth day of April, 1916.”

3. Sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 14 of the War Precautions (Enemy Shareholders) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words “fifteenth day of April” the figures “1916”.

 

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