STATUTORY RULES.
1939. No. 138.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936.*
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 Customs Act 1901-1936.
Dated this Second day of November , 1939.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendments of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.†
1. The First Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting item 12 and inserting in its stead the following item:—
“12 | Cigars and cigarettes containing explosive substances; explosive substances suitable for insertion into cigars and cigarettes; trick cigars and articles of a similar nature which are a danger to the community”. |
Third Schedule.
2. After item 3 in the Third Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations, the following item is inserted:—
“3a | Clinical thermometers... | 1. Each thermometer shall be marked with— (a) the name of the manufacturer; (b) the name of the country in which it was manufactured; and (c) an identification number 2. Each thermometer shall be accompanied by a certificate approved by the Comptroller-General setting forth— (a) the name of the manufacturer of the thermometer; (b) the identification number of the thermometer; (c) a statement that the thermometer has been tested by the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, England, or by some other authority approved by the Comptroller-General with tests similar to those applied by the National Physical Laboratory and has been found to comply, as to accuracy of the scale, with the requirements of the British Standard Specification for Clinical Maximum Thermometers No. 69—1936; and (d) the name of the testing authority”. |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1939.
† Statutory Rules 1934, No. 152, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1935, No. 19; 1936, Nos. 18, 38, 59, 69, 86, 92, 97, 104, 136, 162 and 166; 1937, No. 2; 1938, Nos. 7, 40, 49, 72 and 85; 1939, Nos. 9, 22 and 37.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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