War Precautions (Flax) Regulations 1918 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 243.

 

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 eighteenth day of September, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of War Precautions (Flax) Regulations 1918.

(Statutory Rules 1918, No. 80.)

1. Regulation 2 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “one agricultural expert” and inserting in their stead the words “three agricultural experts”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) the word “Prime”; and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Committee to be Chairman of the Committee”.

2. Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Two”, and inserting in its stead the word “Three”.

3. Regulation 5 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Prime”.

4. Regulation 6 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the words “functions of the Committee shall” the words “, subject to the directions of the Minister,”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (g)and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(g)to take such steps as it considers necessary for the treatment of green flax and the disposal of any product thereof;”; and

 

(c) by adding, at the end thereof, the following paragraph:—

“(i) to require growers, millers, manufacturers and dealers to furnish such returns as to flax or any product or manufacture thereof as are specified by the Committee.”

5. Regulation 8 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Prime”.

6. Regulation 9 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“9.—(1) The Committee may, subject to the approval of the Minister, acquire, lease, requisition or erect such mills, as it deems necessary for the treatment of flax purchased in pursuance of these Regulations.

“(2) The compensation payable to an owner in respect of any mill requisitioned in pursuance of this regulation shall in default of agreement be assessed in the first instance by a Board of three persons appointed or approved by the Minister and be determined by the Minister upon the basis of that assessment.”

7. Regulation 10 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the word “Prime”.

8. After regulation 14 of the War Precautions (Flax) Regulations add the following regulation:—

Power to ask questions &c.

“15.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations any person thereto authorized in writing by the Minister (in these Regulations referred to as ‘an authorized officer’) shall have power to—

(a) ask questions and require the production of books and documents in relation to the purchase, sale, disposal, origin, treatment, or manufacture of any flax or any product thereof; and

(b) enter at any reasonable hour in the day-time upon any premises or place in which there are, or are believed by him to be, any flax or any product thereof.

“(2) Any person who refuses or fails to answer questions or produce books or documents asked for or required in pursuance of this regulation, or who resists, obstructs or in any way interferes with an authorized officer in the exercise of any power conferred upon him by this regulation, shall be guilty of an offence.”

 

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