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

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 37.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1915.

War Precautions Regulations 1915.—Regulation 20.—Amendment. Regulations 21a and 46a—Additions.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations, under the WarPrecautions Act 1914-15, should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twenty-third day of March, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

 

War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Amendments and Additions.

Paragraph 20, which reads as follows:—

Prohibition against photographing &c. naval and military work.

“20. (1) No person shall, without the permission of the competent naval or military authority, make any photograph, sketch, plan, model, or other representation of any naval or military work, or of any dock or harbor work, or of any warship, transport, or naval vessel, or, with intent to assist the enemy, of any other place or thing.

(2) No person in the vicinity of any such work shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession any photographic or other apparatus, or other material or thing suitable for use in making any such representation.

(3) If any person contravenes the provisions of this Regulation, or without lawful authority or excuse has in his possession any representation of any such work of such a nature as is calculated to be or might be directly or indirectly useful to the enemy, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

(4) For the purpose of this Regulation, the expression “harbor work” includes lights, buoys, beacons, marks, and other things for the purpose of facilitating navigation in or into a harbor.”

is cancelled and the following substituted:—

Prohibition against photographing &c. naval and military work.

“20. No person shall, without the permission of the competent naval or military authority, make any photograph, sketch, plan, model, or other representation of—

(a) any place or thing within any area for the time being specified in an order made by the competent naval or military authority, with the approval of the Naval or Military Board, as being an area within which the making of such representations is prohibited;

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(b) any naval or military work, or any dock or harbor work, wherever situate;

(c) any other place or thing of such a nature that such representations thereof are calculated to be, or might be, directly or indirectly, useful to the enemy;

and no person in any such area or in the vicinity of any such work shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any photographic or other apparatus or other material or thing suitable for use in making any such representation.

If any person contravenes the provisions of this Regulation, or without lawful authority or excuse has in his possession any representation of any such work, place, or thing of such a nature that it is calculated to be or might be directly or indirectly useful to the enemy, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act;

Provided that nothing in this Regulation shall be construed as prohibiting (where otherwise legal) the making of a photograph, sketch, plan, model, or other representation within any photographic or other studio or a private dwelling house or the garden or other premises attached thereto of any person or things therein, or as prohibiting (where otherwise legal) the possession of photographic or other apparatus, materials or things intended solely for use within such studio, dwelling house, or other premises.

For the purposes of this Regulation—

The expression “naval or military work” includes any work of defence, arsenal, dockyard, camp, depôt or building used for the accommodation of any of His Majesty’s forces, ship, aircraft, telegraph or signal station, searchlight, war material, or place where war material is or is intended to be manufactured, repaired or stored;

The expression “dock or harbor work” includes shipyard, landing stage and pier, and any light, buoy, beacon, mark, or other object or thing designed or used for the purpose of facilitating navigation in or into a harbor.”

Telephone conversation to be in the English language

After paragraph 21 the following new paragraph is inserted:—

“21a. (1) A person shall not converse with any other person by telephone in any other than the English language.

(2) The Postmaster-General may, if he thinks fit; direct that any subscriber’s telephone which the Postmaster-General believes to have been used in contravention of this Regulation be disconnected for such period and on such terms and conditions as the Postmaster General thinks fit.

(3) Any such disconnection shall be in addition to any penalty imposed for any contravention of sub-Regulation (1) of this Regulation.”

After paragraph 46 the following new paragraph is inserted:—

Assisting escape of prisoners of war an offence.

“46a. If any person assists any prisoner of war or interned person to escape, or knowingly harbors or assists any such person who has escaped, or without lawful authority transmits, either by post or otherwise, or conveys to any prisoner of war or interned person any money or valuable security or any article likely to facilitate the escape of any prisoner of war or interned person, or in any way to interfere with the discipline or administration of any place of detention for prisoners of war or interned persons, he shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.”

 

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