War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 217.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–16.

War Precautions Regulations 1915.—Regulation 42a— Amendment.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the War Precautions Act 1914–16 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of September, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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WAR PRECAUTIONS REGULATIONS 1915.

Amendment.

Regulation 42a (Statutory Rules 1916, No. 47, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, No, 207), which reads:—

Prohibition of sale &c. of uniforms & c., without authority

42a. (1) If any person shall without the written authority of a competent naval or military authority, sell, barter, exchange, trade in, give away, or in any manner whatsoever dispose of or deal in any uniform of the Defence force, or any badge, accoutrement, or equipment, or regimental or other distinctive mark, or any colorable imitation of such uniform, badge, accoutrement or equipment, or regimental or other distinctive mark, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

(2) Any person who offers or exposes for sale, any article as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

(3) Any merchant, trader, dealer, or shopkeeper on whose behalf or at whose place of business any article as aforesaid is offered or exposed for sale or is sold, exchanged, traded in or disposed of contrary to this Regulation, whether contrary to the instructions of such merchant, trader, dealer or shopkeeper or otherwise, shall be guilty of an offence against the Act,

is amended to read as follows:—

Prohibition of sale, &c, of uniforms, &c., without authority

42a. (1) If any person shall, without the written authority of a competent naval or military authority, sell, barter, exchange, trade in, give away, or in any manner whatsoever dispose of or deal in any uniform of the Defence Force, or any badge, accoutrement, or equipment, or regimental or other distinctive mark, or any portion of such uniform, badge, accoutrement, equipment or mark, or any colorable imitation of such uniform, badge, accoutrement, equipment, or mark, or portion thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

C.11613.—Price 3d.

 

(2) Any person who offers, or exposes for sale, any article as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

(3) Any merchant, trader, dealer, or shopkeeper on whose behalf or at whose place of business any article as aforesaid is offered or exposed for sale or is sold, exchanged, traded in or disposed of contrary to this Regulation, whether contrary to the instructions of such merchant, trader, dealer or shopkeeper or otherwise, shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

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