War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 48.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1915.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 28a—Amendment.

I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the War Precautions Act 1914-1915 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this fifth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

 

War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Amendment.

Regulation 28a (inserted as a Provisional Regulation by Statutory Rule No. 228 of 1915, dated 24th November, 1915) which reads as follows:—

Submission of matter before printing of publication.

“28a. (i) The Chief of the General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor, or any person whom the Chief of the General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor may authorize to exercise the powers conferred by this Regulation, may by order in writing require the editor or printer or publisher of any newspaper or periodical, or the author or printer or publisher of any matter intended to be printed and published, to submit before publication any matter (whether in manuscript or print) intended for publication which relate to any of the subjects mentioned in Regulation 19, or the publication of which would be an offence under Regulation 28.

(ii) An order may be given under this paragraph in respect of a particular subject, or of all the subjects or matters referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of this Regulation, and in the case of a newspaper or periodical may be given in respect of a particular issue or of all the issue for a specified period of such newspaper or periodical.

(iii) Any person who fails to comply with an order given under this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.”

is cancelled and the following substituted:

Submission of matter before printing of publication.

“28a. (1) The Chief of the General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor, or any person whom the Chief of the General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor may authorize to exercise the power conferred by sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation, may by order in

 

writing require the editor or printer or publisher of any newspaper or periodical, or the author or printer or periodical of any matter intended to be printed and published, to submit before publication to any person named in the order any matter (whether in manuscript or print) intended for publication which relates as refers to the present war or to any subject connected there with or arising therefrom or to any of the subjects mentioned in Regulation 19, or the publication of which would be an offence under Regulation 28.

(2) An order may be given under this Regulation in respect of a particular subject, or of all the subjects or matters referred to in sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation and in the case of a newspaper or periodical may be given in respect of a particular issue or of all the issues for a specified period of such newspaper or periodical.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with an order given under this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

(4) In any case in which an order has been given under this Regulation in respect of any newspaper or periodical or other publication the Minister may give authority for any person or persons appointed by the Chief of this General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor or any person whom the Chief of the General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor may authorize to exercise the powers conferred by sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation—

(a) to enter any premises in which any part of any such publication is being set up or printed; and

(b) to remain in such premises so long as there is therein any type or other appliance which has been or is being used or is intended to be used or is in a condition adapted for use in the production of such publication; and

(c) if any such publication contains or is intended to contain—

(i) any matter to which this Regulation relates and which has not been submitted in accordance with this Regulation; or

(ii) any matter to which this Regulation relates and which has been submitted in accordance with this Regulation but which is printed or is intended to be printed either without the permission of the person to whom such matter has been submitted or with alterations not approved by such person.

to seize all copies of such publication or of any part thereof and any type or other appliance which has been or is being used or is intended to be used or is in a condition adapted for use in the production of such copies and may retain them during the Minister’s pleasure.”

 

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

C. 4488.—Price 8d.