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

STATUTORY RULES

1916. No. 328.

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REGULATION 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 Regulation, under the War Precautions Act 1914–1916. to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. M. HUGHES,

for Minister of State for Defence,

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War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 97, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, Nos. 112, 122, 128, 129, 135, 167, 218, 219, 250, 252, 254, 255, 263, 271, 272, 273, 289, 293, 298, 300, 301 and 303.)

Regulation 22 of the War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting, after sub-regulation (9.) thereof, the following sub-regulation: —

“(9a.) Where any such Board or person makes any order, determination or regulation as to the price of coal, it or he may in relation thereto make an order, determination or regulation providing for such variation as the Board or person thinks just of the price charged in any then existing contracts for the sale of coal, and any such order, determination or regulation, whether made before or after the commencement of this sub-regulation, shall be valid and effectual.”

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (12.) thereof the word “appoint” and inserting in its stead the words “from time to time appoint or authorize the appointment of” and

(c) by inserting, after sub-regulation (12.) thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(13.) For the purposes of this Regulation “coal” shall be deemed to include and to have included shale.”

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C.16868.—Price 3d.