STATUTORY RULES.
1941. No. 234.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
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 1939-1940.
Dated this Nineteenth
day of September , 1941.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
Amendments of National Security (Copra Control) Regulations.†
Administration.
1. Regulation 2 of the National Security (Copra Control) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Prime Minister” and inserting in their stead the words “Minister of State for External Territories”.
2. Regulation 3 of the National Security (Copra Control) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Commencement.
“3. These Regulations shall come into operation in relation to the Territory of Papua and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea respectively on the dates respectively fixed by the Minister by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.”.
Definitions.
3. Regulation 4 of the National Security (Copra Control) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) Any reference in these Regulations to the commencement of these Regulations shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed, in relation to the Territory of Papua and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea respectively, as a reference to the dates fixed
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941
† Statutory Rules 1941, No. 133.
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by the Minister in pursuance of regulation 3 of these Regulations as the dates on which these Regulations shall come into operation in relation to those respective Territories.”.
Copra Marketing Boards.
4. Regulation 5 of the National Security (Copra Control) Regulations is amended by inserting, after the words “Now Guinea”, the words, or for the purpose of marketing copra produced in either of those Territories,”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.