War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 237.

 

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 eleventh day of September, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1918, No. 199.)

Definitions.

1. After regulation 1 of the War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“1a. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘Kerosene, petrol or turpentine tin’ means a tin of a kind ordinarily used for the purpose of containing kerosene, petrol or turpentine, as the case may be.

‘Kerosene, petrol or turpentine case’ means a case of a kind ordinarily used for the purpose of containing kerosene petrol or turpentine, as the case may be.”

2. Regulation 2 of the War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “tin for containing kerosene, petrol or turpentine” and inserting in their stead the words “kerosene, petrol or turpentine tin.”

3. Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “case for containing kerosene, petrol or turpentine” and inserting in their stead the words “kerosene, petrol or turpentine case”.

4. After regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Licences to acquire tins or cases.

“3a. The Minister or a Director of Munitions or a person or organization authorized in that behalf by the Minister or a Director of Munitions may grant to any person a licence permitting that person to purchase or otherwise acquire any kerosene, petrol or turpentine tin or case, subject to such conditions as the Minister or a Director of Munitions thinks fit.

 

Revocation of licences.

“3b. (1) The Minister or a Director of Munitions may, by notice in writing served on the person who holds the licence, revoke any licence granted under these Regulations, and a person or organization authorized to grant licences under these Regulations may, in the like manner, revoke any licence granted by him or it.

“(2) Upon receipt of such a notice the person who holds the licence shall forthwith return the licence to the Minister or Director of Munitions or the person or organization as the case may be.”

5. Regulations 4 and 5 of the War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

“4. No person shall sell or otherwise dispose of any kerosene, petrol or turpentine tin or case except to a collector who holds a licence in pursuance of regulation 3a.

“5. No person other than a collector who holds a licence in pursuance of regulation 3a shall purchase or otherwise acquire any kerosene, petrol or turpentine tin or case except from a Government depôt unless the consent in writing of the Minister or person authorized in that behalf by the Minister has been obtained.”

6. Regulation 6 of the War Precautions (Tins and Cases) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “empty tin or case of the kind specified in regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations” and inserting in their stead the words “kerosene, petrol or turpentine tin or case”; and

(b) by omitting the word “empty” (last occurring).

 

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