War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 286.

 

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 twenty-fourth day of October, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Regulation 42 (Statutory Rule No. 242 of 1917 as amended by Statutory Rule 154 and 219 of 1918) and regulation 42a (Statutory Rule No. 217 of 1916 as amended by Statutory Rule No. 154 of 1918) are cancelled and the following substituted:—

Prohibition of unauthorized use of uniforms, medals, badges, &c.

42. (1) In this regulation “Prohibited article” means

(a)any naval, military, or police uniform, decoration, medal, medal ribbon or badge or any portion of any such uniform, or

(b)any badge supplied or authorized by the Department of Defence or the Department of the Navy, or by the Police, or

(c) any uniform, portion of uniform, decoration, medal, medal ribbon, or badge so nearly resembling any such official uniform, decoration, medal, medal ribbon or badge as to be calculated to deceive, or

(d)any miniature or other representation of any such decoration, medal, medal ribbon or badge, or

(e) any brooch or personal ornament designed to imitate any such decoration, medal, medal ribbon or badge.

(2) Any person

(a) who without lawful authority uses or wears any prohibited article; or

(b)who falsely represents himself to be a person who is or has been entitled to use or wear any prohibited article; or

(c) who without the written authority of a competent naval or military authority supplies or offers to supply any prohibited article to any person not authorized to use or wear the same:

shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

 

(3) This regulation shall not be deemed to prohibit the wearing as an ornament by any woman or girl of

(a) any military badge, other than an “Imperial Silver War Badge,” an “Australian Returned Soldier’s Badge” an “Australian Medically Unfit Badge,” an “Australian Home Service Badge (Debarred from Enlisting),” an “Australian Munition Worker’s Badge” or a “Badge issued to nearest female relative of a member of the Australian Imperial Force”; or

(b)any miniature or other representation of, or any brooch or personal ornament designed to imitate, any military badge, other than an “Imperial Silver War Badge,” an “Australian Returned Soldier’s Badge,” an “Australian Medically Unfit Badge,” an “Australian Home Service Badge (Debarred from Enlisting),” an “Australian Munition Worker’s Badge” or a “Badge issued to nearest female relative of a member of the Australian imperial Force,” if the size of the miniature or other representation or imitation does not exceed one-half of the original badge.

(4) This regulation shall not be deemed to prohibit the supplying without the written authority of a competent naval or military authority of

(a) any representation in metal or enamel of any regimental colour badge on which no unit number or unit designation is shown; or

(b) any miniature or other representation of, or any brooch or personal ornament designed to imitate, any military badge other than an “Imperial Silver War Badge,” an “Australian Returned Soldier’s Badge,” an “Australian Medically Unfit Badge,” an “Australian Home Service Badge (Debarred from Enlisting),” an “Australian Munition Worker’s Badge” or a “Badge issued to nearest female relative of a member of the Australian Imperial Force,” if the size of the miniature or other representation or imitation does not exceed one-half of the original badge.

(5) Any merchant, trader, dealer or shopkeeper on whose behalf or at whose place of business any article is supplied or offered 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 this Act.

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

42a.(1) In this regulation “Prohibited article” means

(a)any uniform of the Defence Forces, military accoutrement or equipment, or regimental or other distinctive mark; or

(b) any portion of any such uniform, accoutrement, equipment or mark; or

 

(c) any colorable imitation of any such uniform, accoutrement, equipment or mark;

but does not include any medal ribbon, decoration ribbon, regimental colour badge, Officer’s rank badge, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officer’s rank badge, gold wound stripe, service chevron, or rank chevron.

(2) Any person who without the written authority of a competent naval or military authority

(a) sells, barters, exchanges, trades in, gives away, or in any manner whatsoever disposes of or deals in, or

(b) offers or exposes for sale,

any prohibited article, 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 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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