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

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 22.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1915.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulations 17a and 63a— 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 War Precautions Act 1914-1915 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as provisional Regulations.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

 

War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Additions.

After Regulation 17 insert the following new Regulation:—

Persons not to enter British merchant ships without permission.

“17a. (1) If any person shall enter on board a British merchant ship which engages in oversea or Inter-State trade while such ship is moored alongside any wharf or is in any harbor, without the permission in writing of the competent naval or military authority or of the owners of or agents for the ship, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act:

Provided that this Regulation does not apply to—

(a) any person employed by the Commonwealth or State who enters the ship on duty ; or

(b) any member of the Naval or Military Forces on duty; or

(c) any person employed by the harbor authorities; or

(d) any member of the ship’s crew or any person who has engaged a passage in the ship.

(2) If the master or any member of the ship’s crew permits any person to enter on board the ship in contravention of this Regulation he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

(3) Any person authorized for the purpose by the competent naval or military authority, or any police constable, or officer of Customs, or any person employed by the harbor authorities, may arrest without warrant any person who commits or attempts to commit a breach of this Regulation.”

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Restrictions as to Aliens may be applied to natural-born subjects of enemy descent.

After Regulation 63 insert the following new Regulation:—

“63a. (1) The competent naval or military authority or a senior officer of police may order that all or any of the restrictions imposed on aliens or on alien enemies by any Order made under the Actshall apply to any natural-born subject whose father or whose grandfather was a subject of a sovereign or State who or which is at war with His Majesty.

(2) Notice in writing of the making of the order shall be given to any person in respect of whom an order under this paragraph is made.

(3) For the purpose of this Regulation any person who was a subject of a sovereign or State whose territory now forms part of an enemy State shall be deemed to have been a subject of a sovereign or State who or which is at war with His Majesty.”

 

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