STATUTORY RULES.
1942. No. 82.
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 twenty fourth day of February, 1942.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
Amendments of National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations.†
Maritime Industry Commission.
1. Regulation 6 of the National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—
“(8.) At any meeting of the Commission at which the Chairman is not present, the members present may elect one of their number to be the Deputy Chairman for the purposes of that meeting.
“(9.) A Deputy Chairman shall have a deliberative vote only but may otherwise exercise and perform, in relation to the meeting in respect of which he is elected, all the powers and functions of the Chairman under these Regulations.”.
2. After regulation 6a of the National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
“Deputies of members.
6b.—(1.) The Minister may appoint a person to be the Deputy of any member of the Commission other than the Chairman.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.
† Statutory Rules 1942, No. 2, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 12.
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“(2.) Any person so appointed shall, in the event of the illness or absence of the member of whom he is the deputy, have all the powers of that member during his illness or absence, and any reference in these Regulations to a member of the Commission shall be deemed to include a reference to the deputy of a member.
“(3.) Any such appointment of a deputy, and any acts done by him as such, shall not, in any proceedings, be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his appointment or for the exercise of his powers had not arisen or had ceased.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.