STATUTORY RULES.
1929. No. 59.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1927.
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 Defence Act 1903-1927, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this thirtieth day of May, 1929.
STONEHAVEN
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
T. W. GLASGOW
Minister of State for Defence.
Regulations Governing the Formation, Control, and Management of Rifle Clubs and Rifle Associations.
(Amendment.)
(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 154, as amended to date.)
Regulation 48 is amended by the addition of the following paragraphs:—
“Captains and Secretaries or Treasurers of Rifle Clubs must when offering empty .303 cartridge shells for sale give in writing to the purchaser a certificate in the following terms:—
This is to certify that we have carefully examined the empty .303 cartridge shells the property of the.......................Rifle Club offered for sale to..........................and that no live cartridges are included therein.
.....................................................Captain.
.............................Secretary or Treasurer.
Date.....................
A copy of this certificate must be forwarded to the Supervisor of Rifle Clubs immediately the sale is effected. The officers who sign the above certificate shall be held personally responsible that there are no live cartridges included in any consignment of empty cartridge cases offered for sale.”
By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.
1248.—Price 3d.