STATUTORY RULES.
1942. No. 510.
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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 eighteenth day of November , 1942.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.
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Amendments to National Security (Hirings Administration) Regulations.†
Other powers and functions of Central Hirings Committee.
1. Regulation 14 of the National Security (Hirings Administration) Regulations is amended by omitting the word “to” (fourth occurring) in paragraph (c).
Advisory functions of Local Hirings Committees.
2. Regulation 16 of the National Security (Hirings Administration) Regulations is amended by omitting the word “members” and inserting in its stead the word “member”.
References to Local Hirings Committees.
3. Regulation 18 of the National Security (Hirings Administration) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the word “required” and inserting in its stead the word “requires”.
Determinations by Central Hirings Committee.
4. Regulation 21 of the National Security (Hirings Administration) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulations:—
“(1a.) The Central Hirings Committee, or its delegate acting under sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, may make an agreement in pursuance of Regulation 60d of the National Security (General) Regulations determining the amount of compensation to be paid in respect of a hiring and may execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth, an instrument setting out the terms and conditions agreed upon.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.
† Statutory Rules 1942, No. 401.
“(1b.) The Central Hirings Committee, or its delegate acting under sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, may, notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 60d of the National Security (General) Regulations, enlarge the time prescribed by that regulation within which a claim for compensation in respect of a hiring may be made.”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) the word “it” and inserting in its stead the words “the Committee or its delegate, as the case may be”; and
(c) by omitting from that sub-regulation (2.) the word “claims” and inserting in its stead the word “claim”;
(d) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—
“(a) delegate to a Local Hirings Committee all or any of its powers under sub-regulations (1a.), (1b.) or (2.) of this regulation, and vary or revoke any such delegation;
(b) with the approval of the Quartermaster-General, delegate to a member of the Central Hirings Committee, or a Local Hirings Committee, or an authorized person, or any member of the Hirings Service, all or any of its powers under sub-regulations (1a.), (1b.) or (2.) of this regulation, and vary or revoke any such delegation;” and
(e) by inserting in paragraph (d) of that sub-regulation, before the word “determinations”, the words “agreements under sub-regulation (1a.) or”.
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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.