War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 54.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–1916.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 40b—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 1914–1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of February, 1917.

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.

War Precautions Regulation 40b (Statutory Rules 1916, No. 314) is amended to read as follows:—

Discipline of seamen on ships chartered &c. by Commonwealth Government.

“40b.–– (1) If a person lawfully engaged to serve on board any vessel belonging to, or chartered, hired, or requisitioned by, the Commonwealth Government—

(a)neglects or refuses without reasonable cause to join his vessel, or to proceed to sea in his vessel, or deserts or is absent without leave from his vessel, or from his duty at any time; or

(b) joins his vessel in a state of drunkenness so that the performance of his duties or the navigation of his vessel is thereby impeded;

he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act; and the master, mate, or owner of the vessel, or his agent, or any naval or military officer, or any superintendent as defined by the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1914, may, with or without the assistance of any police constable, convey on board his vessel any seaman whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of an offence under paragraph (a) of this Regulation, and police constables are hereby directed to give assistance, if required.

(2) The exercise of the powers conferred by this Regulation shall not be subject to the restrictions imposed by the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1914, on the exercise of any similar powers conferred by those Acts.

(3) For the purposes of this Regulation a copy of an entry made in an official log book in manner provided by the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894, shall, if it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer in whose custody the original log book is entrusted, be admissible in evidence.”

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