STATUTORY RULES.
1917. No. 77.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.
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 War Precautions Act 1914-1916, to come into operation as from the 19th day of July, 1916.
Dated this twenty-eighth day of March, 1917.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE,
Minister of State for Defence.
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War Precautions (Glycerine) Regulations 1916.
(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 150.)
Power to requisition glycerine.
1. Regulation 2 of the War Precautions (Glycerine) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—
“2. The Minister for Defence, or an officer thereto authorized in writing under the hand of the Minister, may by order require—
(a) the owner or occupier of any factory in which glycerine is produced; or
(b) any person, firm or company who or which holds stocks of glycerine in excess of his or its requirements for one month,
to produce and to place at the disposal of the Minister, such quantities and qualities of glycerine as are specified in the order.”
2. Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Glycerine) Regulations is amended by inserting, after the word “quality,” the words “i.e., containing over 97 per centum of glycerol, suitable for the manufacture of nitro-glycerine.”
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