STATUTORY RULES.
1917 No. 41.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1904–1916.
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 forthwith.
Dated this twenty-first day of February, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE,
Minister of State for Defence.
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War Precautions (Wool) Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 322.)
1. Regulation 20 of the War Precautions (Wool) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “State” (first occurring) the words “or, in any State in which there are no wool-selling brokers, each broker thereto authorized in writing by the Prime Minister,”.
2. After Regulation 22 of the War Precautions (Wool) Regulations the following Regulation is inserted:—
Breach of only by appraisers or wool-selling brokers
“22a. Any appraiser or wool-selling broker who is guilty of a breach of any duty, or of negligence or carelessness in the discharge of any duty, imposed upon him by these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.”
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