STATUTORY RULES.
1918. No. 58.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT, 1914-1916.
I, SIR JOHN MADDEN, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, 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 forthwith.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of February, 1918.
JOHN MADDEN,
Deputy of the Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE,
Minister of State for Defence.
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Amendment of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations 1916.
(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 321, as amended by Statutory Rules 1917, Nos. 42, 53, 72, 78, 145 and 232.)
After regulation 19a of the War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations, the following regulations are inserted:—
Lease of premises.
“19b. The Chairman of the Central Committee, acting for and on behalf of the Committee, may enter into an agreement with any person for the lease of premises to be used for any purposes in connexion with the carrying out of these Regulations.”
Authorization of expenditure.
“19c. All expenditure approved by the Chairman of the Central Committee, acting for and on behalf of the Committee, shall be deemed to have been duly authorized by the Committee.”
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