War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1915.
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 Regulation
under the
Dated this fourth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE,
Minister of State for Defence.
The War Precautions Regulations 1915 are amended by inserting after Regulation 56 the following new Regulation:—
“56a.—(1.) Where in the opinion of the Minister, for securing the public safety and the defence of the Commonwealth, it is expedient in view of the hostile origin or associations of any person that he should be detained in military custody, the Minister may, by warrant under his hand, order him to be detained in military custody in such place as he thinks fit during the continuance of the present war:
Provided that the order shall, in the case of any person who is not a subject of a State at war with His Majesty, include express provision for the due consideration by the Minister of any representations he may make against the order.
(2.) The Minister may telegraph a copy of any such warrant to the competent naval or military authority, and action may be taken on such telegraphed copy as if it were the original.
(3.) Nothing in this Regulation shall be construed to restrict or prejudice the application and effect of Regulations 55 and 56, or any power of interning aliens who are subjects of any State at war with His Majesty.”
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