STATUTORY RULES.
1943. No. 263.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1943.*
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 National Security Act 1939-1943.
Dated this sixteenth day of October, 1943.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations,†
Definitions.
1. Regulation 3 of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations is amended—
(a) by adding at the end of the definition of “enemy alien” in sub-regulation (1.) the words “, but does not include a refugee alien;”;
(b) by inserting after that definition the following definition:—
“‘enemy territory’ includes any area in the occupation of a Power with which His Majesty is at war;”;
(c) by inserting in the definition of “officer” in that sub-regulation, after the word “officer” (third occurring), the words “of the Security Service or”; and
(d) by inserting after the definition of “public vessel” in that sub-regulation the following definition:—
“‘refugee alien’ means an alien—
(a) who has no nationality;
(b) whose nationality is uncertain; or
(c) who is an enemy alien,
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1943.
† Statutory Rules 1939, No. 88, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, No. 95; 1940, Nos. 44, 66, 121, 159, 172, 201 and 269; 1941, Nos. 39, 59, 139, 170, 175 and 226; 1942, Nos. 41, 274, 360, 372, 400, 406 and 503; and 1943, No. 15.
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and who the Attorney-General, or a person authorized by the Attorney-General to act on his behalf for the purposes of this definition, is satisfied—
(d) was forced to emigrate from enemy territory, or, having at any time been resident in enemy territory, has been unable to return to enemy territory, on account of actual or threatened religious, racial or political persecution; and
(e) is opposed to the regime which forced him to emigrate or rendered him unable to return;”.
Obligations on aliens to register.
2. Regulation 5 of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(a) has attained, or attains, the age of eighteen years;”.
3. After regulation 23 of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—
Notification of occupation and place of employment.
“23a. An alien shall—
(a) within fourteen days after the commencement of this regulation, give, to the aliens’ registration officer nearest to his place of abode, notice, in accordance with Form F, of his present occupation and place of employment; and
(b) within fourteen days after any change of his occupation or place of employment, give to that officer notice, in accordance with Form F, of that change.”.
Amendment of Schedule.
4. The Schedule to the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Form:—
“Commonwealth of Australia. Regulation 23a.
Form F.
National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.
NOTICE OF OCCUPATION.
To the Aliens’ Registration Officer at
Take notice that I, [name in full] of [place of abode] am at present occupied as follows:—
Occupation
Place of employment
Date of commencing at the abovementioned place of employment
I am registered as an alien of nationality and my certificate of registration is No.
(Signature of alien)
Date ”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.