STATUTORY RULES.
1939. No. 177.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939.*
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 National Security Act 1939.
Dated this nineteenth day of December, 1939.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
H. E. HOLT
for Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
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Amendment of the National Security (General) Regulations.†
After regulation 60 of the National Security (General) Regulations the following regulation be inserted:—
“60a. If it appears to the Minister to be necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth, the more effectual prosecution of the war, or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community, he may, by order, provide for the temporary or permanent exemption from service in the Citizen Forces, or any part thereof, of any person, or any class of persons, engaged in any industry or occupation specified in the order.”
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 20th December, 1939.
† Statutory Rules, 1939, No. 87, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, No. 103.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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