War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 138.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the War Precautions Act 1914-1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-second day of May, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. A. WATT,

for Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 321, as amended by Statutory Rules 1917, Nos. 42, 53, 72,.78, and 145, and Statutory Rules 1918, No. 58.)

1. After regulation 7a of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

Prime Minister may require sheepskins to be made available for appraisement.

7b. (1) The Prime Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Central Committee, by notice in the Gazette, require any person, firm or company holding or having under his or its control stocks of sheepskins which have not been appraised under these Regulations, to make available, within the time specified in the notice, these stocks of sheepskins for appraisement.

(2) Any person, firm, or company who or which refuses or fails to make available within the time specified in the notice the whole or any part of such stocks of sheepskins for appraisement, shall be guilty of an offence.

2. After regulation 11 of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Agreements to conditions of allotment &c.

11a. (1) Subject to the approval of the Central Committee, the methods and conditions to be observed in the allotment of sheepskins for appraisement and in the weighing, sampling, displaying, and countermarking of sheepskins so allotted and in all other matters appertaining thereto, shall be such methods and conditions as are agreed to by not less than 75 per centum of the companies or firms registered by the Central Committee as appraisement companies or firms and representing not less than 75 per centum of the sheepskin production of the Commonwealth.

(2) A certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Central Committee that the methods and conditions specified in the certificate are the methods and conditions relating to the allotment of sheepskins for appraisement and to the weighing, sampling, displaying and countermarking of sheepskins so allotted and to all other matters appertaining to sheepskins so allotted which have been agreed to by not less than 75 per centum of the companies or firms registered by the Central Committee as appraisement companies or firms and representing not less than 75 per centum of the sheepskin production of the Commonwealth and have received the approval of the Central Committee, shall be primâ facie evidence of the contents thereof.

(3) Any company or firm registered by the Central Committee as an appraisement company or firm which upon receipt of a certificate in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, refuses or fails to observe the methods and conditions specified therein shall be guilty of an offence.

3. Regulation 13 of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations is amended by inserting after the words “Commonwealth Government”, the words “, other than appraisers who are appointed at a salary by the Central Committee,”.

4. Regulation 19b of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “agreement with any person for the lease of premises to be used for any purposes in connexion with the carrying out of these Regulations” and inserting in their stead the words “agreement with any person for any purpose connected with or incidental to the carrying out of these Regulations.”

     

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