{"id":"C1939L00088","name":"National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations","slug":"national-security-aliens-control-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"88 of 1939","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22046,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1939L00088-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1939\\. No. 88.\n\n––––––\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939.\\*\n\nI, 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.\n\nDated this 13th day of September, 1939.\n\n(SGD.) GOWRIE.\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Geoffrey Street signature](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Defence.\n\nNATIONAL SECURITY (ALIENS CONTROL) REGULATIONS.\n\nPart 1.—Preliminary.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nParts.\n\n2\\. These Regulations are divided into Parts as follows:—\n\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nPart II.—Registration.\n\nPart III.—Control of Travel and Movement.\n\nPart IV.—Control of Residence.\n\nPart V.—Internment of Enemy Aliens.\n\nPart VI.—Control of Possessions and Employment.\n\nPart VII.—Control of Assembly, Propaganda, &c.\n\nPart VIII.—Miscellaneous.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“alien” means any person over the age of sixteen years, other than a person who—\n\n(a) is a British subject within the meaning of the Nationality Act 1920-1936; or\n\n(b) is, by reason of a declaration made under section 18a of that Act, entitled, while in Australia or any Territory of the Commonwealth, to all political and other rights, powers and privileges to which a natural-born British subject is entitled;\n\n“aliens registration officer” means any aliens registration officer appointed for the purposes of these Regulations;\n\n“enemy alien” means a person who, not being either a British subject or a person specified in paragraph (b) of the definition of “alien”, or a person enjoying His Majesty’s protection, possesses the nationality of a State at war with His Majesty;\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1939.\n\n5114.—12/11.9.1939.—Price 8d.  \n\n“master”, in relation to an aircraft, means the commander or other person in charge of the aircraft;\n\n“officer” means a member of the police force of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, or an officer of Customs, or an officer of the Department administering these Regulations, or any person authorized by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on officers by these Regulations;\n\n“the Act” means the National Security Act 1939.\n\n(2.) In these Regulations, any reference to a Form shall be read as a reference to a Form in the Schedule to these Regulations.\n\nAliens exempt from these Regulations.\n\n4\\. The following aliens shall be exempt from the provisions of these Regulations:—\n\n(a) Consuls representing any foreign country (other than a country at war with His Majesty), and their staffs in so far as the staffs comprise persons who have been sent by the Government of the foreign country for employment upon the staff of the Consulate, and their wives;\n\n(b) aliens exempted by or under the authority of the Minister; and\n\n(c) the master and crew of any public vessel or aircraft of any Government.\n\nPart II.—Registration.\n\nObligation on aliens to register.\n\n5.—(1.) Every alien resident in Australia at the commencement of these Regulations shall, unless he is exempted or deemed to be exempted by or under these Regulations, register himself as an alien in accordance with these Regulations.\n\n(2.) Every alien who enters Australia as a passenger in, or as the master or a member of the crew of, an oversea vessel or aircraft shall, immediately after the arrival of the vessel or aircraft at the first port of call or aerodrome, as the case may be, in Australia, unless he is exempted or deemed to be exempted by or under these Regulations, register himself as an alien in accordance with these Regulations, and shall not land before he has so registered himself.\n\n(3.) Every child of an alien resident in Australia, not being a child who is a natural-born British subject, shall, within three months after he attains the age of sixteen years, register himself as an alien in accordance with these Regulations, unless he is exempted or deemed to be exempted by or under these Regulations, and if any such child does not so register himself within the time allowed, the parent, or person standing to him in loco parentis, shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\nAlien resident in Australia—manner of effecting registration.\n\n6\\. An alien resident in Australia shall effect his registration by properly completing an application (in triplicate) in accordance with Form A1, and by attending in person with such application before the aliens registration officer nearest to his usual place of abode.\n\nAlien arriving in Australia—manner of effecting registration.\n\n7.—(1.) An alien entering Australia as a passenger in, or as the master or as a member of the crew of, an oversea vessel or aircraft, shall effect his registration by properly completing an application (in triplicate) in accordance with Form A2, and, immediately after the arrival of the vessel or aircraft at the first port of call or aerodrome,  \n\nas the case may be, in Australia, producing in person, to an aliens registration officer on board the vessel or at the aerodrome, the following documents:—\n\n(a) the application in the prescribed form, in triplicate;\n\n(b) his certificate of registration (if he has been registered under these Regulations during a previous visit to Australia, and if his certificate was not taken from him on his departure from the Commonwealth); and\n\n(c) his passport (if he be a passenger or a member of the crew not signed on in Australia but due for discharge in a port or aerodrome in Australia):\n\nProvided that a master or member of the crew of a vessel or an aircraft who holds a certificate of registration under these Regulations issued to him on his last previous voyage to Australia shall not be required to prepare the application in accordance with this sub-regulation.\n\n(2.) The master of every oversea vessel or aircraft, other than a public vessel or aircraft of any government, shall, immediately on arrival at the first port of call or aerodrome, furnish, to an aliens registration officer or other officer acting under these Regulations, a list showing the number and names of the crew, and their nationality and race, and produce the vessel’s articles or the aircraft’s journey log.\n\n(3.) The master of every vessel or aircraft shall afford to all aliens registration officers and other officers acting under these Regulations every facility for performing their duties, and shall permit any such officer at any time to enter the vessel or aircraft and to search every part of her, and shall muster the crew of the vessel or aircraft whenever he is required to do so by an aliens registration officer.\n\n(4.) The master of a vessel or aircraft who—\n\n(a) refuses or neglects to afford all reasonable facilities to an officer for the performance of his duties; or\n\n(b) refuses or neglects on demand to deliver forthwith to an officer any list required by these Regulations; or\n\n(c) delivers to an officer any list or statement which is incorrect in any material particular,\n\nshall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\n(5.) A person (not being the owner, agent or charterer of the vessel or aircraft or a person employed by him and not being an officer of the Commonwealth in the execution of his duties) shall not board any oversea vessel or aircraft at her first port of call or aerodrome, as the case may be, in Australia, or communicate with any alien on board an oversea vessel or aircraft at her first port of call or aerodrome, as the case may be, in Australia, before the registration in accordance with these Regulations of all aliens on board has been completed.\n\nAlien to sign application and to furnish photographs, &c.\n\n8.—(1.) Each copy of the application for registration shall be signed by the alien with his personal signature, or, if he is unable to write, with his personal mark, and such signature or mark shall be made in the presence of an officer.  \n\n(2.) The alien shall furnish, with his application, or when required by the aliens registration officer, four identical unmounted photographs of himself, approximately three inches by two inches in size, of head and shoulders only, taken full face, without hat and with plain background.\n\n(3.) One of the photographs shall be affixed to the certificate of registration (if any) issued to the alien.\n\n(4.) An aliens registration officer or other officer acting under these Regulations may require the alien to allow a print of his fingers and thumbs or any of them to be taken on any form or other document, and any alien who refuses to allow a complete and legible print of his fingers and thumbs to be taken shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\nIssue of certificate of registration.\n\n9\\. Upon the registration of an alien under these Regulations, a certificate of registration in accordance with Form B1 or Form B2, as the case requires, shall be issued to him.\n\nAliens to produce certificates of registration on demand.\n\n10.—(1.) Every alien shall, upon demand made by an officer, produce to the officer, at a time and place named by the officer, his certificate of registration.\n\n(2.) Any person who has possession of a certificate of registration issued to a deceased alien shall, forthwith on demand made by an officer, hand the certificate to the officer.\n\n(3.) An officer may require any alien who is about to leave Australia to give up to him his certificate of registration, and the alien shall give up his certificate accordingly.\n\nRegister of aliens to be kept by hotelkeeper, &c.\n\n11.—(1.) The keeper of every hotel, inn, boarding-house, and lodginghouse in Australia shall provide himself with a register for the purposes of this regulation, and shall ascertain and enter in such register the following particulars of any alien staying at the hotel, inn, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse:—\n\nName.\n\nNationality.\n\nDate of arrival.\n\nPrevious place of abode.\n\nIf arrived by vessel, name of vessel.\n\nDate of departure.\n\nIf departing by vessel, name of vessel.\n\nDestination on departure.\n\n(2.) If the keeper of an hotel, inn, boardinghouse or lodginghouse fails to provide himself with a register, or to ascertain and enter therein the particulars specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation in respect of an alien staying at his premises, or if he makes any entry in any such register which he knows, or could by the exercise of reasonable diligence have ascertained, to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\n(3.) The keeper of every hotel, inn, boardinghouse or lodginghouse shall also, if directions for the purpose are issued by an aliens registration officer, make to that officer such returns as to the particulars specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, at such times, or intervals, and in accordance with such form, as are specified in the directions.  \n\n(4.) It stall be the duty of every person who stays at an hotel, inn, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse, to furnish to the keeper thereof, and sign, a statement containing such information as the keeper requires for the purpose of compiling the register.\n\n(5.) Every register kept under this regulation shall at all reasonable hours be open to inspection by any officer or aliens registration officer, or any other person authorized by an aliens registration officer.\n\n(6.) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression “keeper of a lodginghouse” shall include any person who for reward receives any other person to lodge with him or in his house, and where any hotel, inn, boardinghouse, or lodginghouse is under the management of a manager, the expression “keeper” shall in relation thereto include the manager.\n\n(7.) The fact that the rooms or any of the rooms in a house are let unfurnished shall not prevent the house from being deemed to be a lodginghouse for the purpose of this regulation.\n\nNaturalized subject.\n\n12. A person registered as an alien under these Regulations who becomes a naturalized British subject shall remain subject to these Regulations until he produces, to the aliens registration officer nearest to his usual place of abode, the certificate of his naturalization or evidence of the facts by virtue of which he has become a British subject.\n\nPart III.—Control of Travel and Movement.\n\nAliens entering the Commonwealth.\n\n13.—(1.) The Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, by order—\n\n(a) prohibit the landing of an enemy alien in the Commonwealth, or in any Territory of the Commonwealth, except with the permission of an approved authority; and\n\n(b) prohibit the landing of any alien (except from a coasting vessel or an aircraft travelling interstate or intrastate) at any port or aerodrome not being an approved port or aerodrome.\n\n(2.) An approved authority, if in his opinion the landing of an alien would be detrimental to the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth, may prohibit the landing of that alien at an approved port or aerodrome.\n\n(3.) An alien who lands in the Commonwealth or in any Territory of the Commonwealth in contravention of an order or prohibition issued in pursuance of this regulation may be detained as directed by an approved authority, and while so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody.\n\n(4.) In this regulation—\n\n(a) the expression “approved authority” means an authority approved for the purpose by the Minister; and\n\n(b) the expression “approved port or aerodrome” means a port or aerodrome which is specified by the Minister in an order issued under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation.  \n\nAliens not to land with firearms, &c.\n\n14. An alien shall not, except with the permission of the Minister, land in the Commonwealth or in any Territory of the Commonwealth, having in his possession—\n\n(a) any firearms or other weapons, ammunition or explosives;\n\n(b) any camera or surveying apparatus;\n\n(c) any apparatus or contrivance intended or capable of being used for signalling (whether visual or otherwise);\n\n(d) any carrier or homing pigeon;\n\n(e) any motor car, motor cycle or aircraft; or\n\n(f) any cipher, code or other means of conducting secret correspondence.\n\nAliens leaving the Commonwealth.\n\n15.—(1.) The Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, provide by order that—\n\n(a) an alien shall not embark (except on a coasting vessel or an aircraft travelling interstate or intra-state) at any port or aerodrome not being an approved port or aerodrome; and\n\n(b) an enemy alien shall not leave Australia or any Territory of the Commonwealth except with the permission of an approved authority.\n\n(2.) An alien who embarks or attempts to embark in contravention of an order or prohibition issued in pursuance of this regulation may be detained as directed by an approved authority, and while so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody.\n\n(3.) Any constable or any Commonwealth officer, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, may prevent an alien from embarking on any ship, vessel or aircraft.\n\n(4.) In this regulation—\n\n(a) the expression “approved port or aerodrome” means a port or aerodrome which is specified by the Minister in an order issued under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation; and\n\n(b) the expression “approved authority” means an authority approved for the purpose by the Minister.\n\nAliens to report change of place of abode.\n\n16.—(1.) Subject to regulation 17 of these Regulations, an alien shall not change his place of abode unless he first gives notice to the aliens registration officer nearest to his place of abode of the date on which he intends to change his place of abode, and of his intended new place of abode.\n\n(2.) The notice shall be given by the alien properly completing a notice (in triplicate) in accordance with Form C and attending in person with such notices before that aliens registration officer:\n\nProvided that, if the place of abode of the alien is distant more than ten miles from the office of that officer, it shall be sufficient if the notices are sent to him by post or messenger.\n\n(3.) If the alien does not change his place of abode in accordance with the particulars stated in the notice, he shall forthwith inform the aliens registration officer of the cancellation of his intended change of abode, or of any alteration in the intended date of his change of abode or in his intended new place of residence as the case may be.  \n\n(4.) An alien shall, within seven days after acquiring a new place of abode, attend in person before the aliens registration officer nearest to his new place of abode, and bring with him his certificate of registration. The aliens registration officer at that place may, if he thinks fit, require the alien to complete and sign three copies of a notice in accordance with Form C, and the alien shall complete and sign the copies accordingly.\n\n(5.) An alien arriving in Australia, who acquires a place of abode in Australia, shall, within seven days after so acquiring a place of abode, give notice thereof to the aliens registration officer nearest thereto.\n\n(6.) The notice provided by sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation shall be given by the alien properly completing a notice (in triplicate) in accordance with Form C, and attending in person therewith and with his certificate of registration before that aliens registration officer.\n\n(7.) An alien who, not having a place of abode in Australia, travels in Australia without acquiring a place of abode, or who, having a place of abode in Australia, travels in Australia without changing his place of abode, may, subject to the conditions specified in the certificate, be granted a certificate of exemption, in accordance with Form D, from reporting his temporary change of residence.\n\n(8.) Any alien to whom a certificate of exemption has been granted who—\n\n(a) fails to comply with any condition specified in the certificate; or\n\n(b) on the expiry of the period for which the certificate was granted, fails to give it up to the nearest aliens registration officer in the district in which he then is or in the district in which it was granted,\n\nshall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\nEnemy alien not to change abode without permission.\n\n17.—(1.) An enemy alien shall not, except with the written permission of an aliens registration officer, change his place of abode or travel outside the police district in which his place of abode is situated.\n\n(2.) In this regulation the expression “police district” means an area in charge of or patrolled by the police stationed at a police station.\n\nMovement of aliens (generally).\n\n18. Subject to any exemptions or conditions which he sees fit to grant or make, the Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, by order prohibit aliens to approach, be in the neighbourhood of, or enter any area, place or thing specified in the order.\n\nPart IV.—Control of Residence.\n\nRestrictions regarding place of abode, &c.\n\n19. Subject to any exemptions or conditions which he sees fit to grant or make, the Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, by order—\n\n(a) require enemy aliens to reside in any place or area specified in the order;  \n\n(b) prohibit aliens from residing in any place or area;\n\n(c) require enemy aliens to report at the times and places and in the manner specified in the order;\n\n(d) direct that no enemy alien shall be outside his residence during the hours specified in the order; and\n\n(e) prohibit or regulate the display by aliens of lights of any description specified in the order.\n\nPart V.—Internment of Enemy Aliens.\n\nDetention Orders.\n\n20\\. If the Minister or any person authorized by the Minister to act under this regulation is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the interests of the public safety, the defence of the Commonwealth or the efficient prosecution of the present war to detain any enemy alien, he may, by warrant under his hand, order the enemy alien to be detained in such place, under such conditions and for such period as the Minister or person so authorized determines.\n\nPlaces of detention.\n\n21\\. The Minister may appoint such places as he thinks fit for the detention of enemy aliens.\n\nPart VI.—Control of Possessions and Employment.\n\nAliens may be prohibited from having certain possessions.\n\n22\\. Subject to any exemptions or conditions which he sees fit to grant or make, the Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, by order prohibit the possession or use by aliens or any individual alien, except with the written permission of an authority specified in the order, of any or all of the following things:—\n\n(a) Firearms, weapons, ammunition or explosives, or material used in the manufacture of any of them;\n\n(b) Petroleum spirit, naphtha, benzol, petroleum or other inflammable liquid in a quantity greater than is specified in the order;\n\n(c) Any apparatus or contrivance intended or capable of being used for signalling (whether visual or otherwise);\n\n(d) Carrier or homing pigeons;\n\n(e) Motor cars, motor cycles, motor boats, yachts or aircraft;\n\n(f) Telephones;\n\n(g) Broadcasting transmitters or receivers;\n\n(h) Cameras or other photographic apparatus;\n\n(j) Any cipher, code or other means of conducting secret correspondence;\n\n(k) Any naval, military or air force charts, maps or handbooks; and\n\n(l) Any other article or thing specified in the order.  \n\nEmployment.\n\n23\\. Subject to any exemptions or conditions which he sees fit to grant or make, the Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth so to do, by order prohibit the employment (except with the written permission of an authority specified in the order) of aliens, or any individual alien, in any occupation specified in the order.\n\nPart VII.—Control of Assembly, Propaganda, etc.\n\nProhibition of meetings, propaganda, &c.\n\n24\\. Subject to any exemptions or conditions which he sees fit to grant or make, the Minister may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the Commonwealth so to do, by order—\n\n(a) prohibit the holding of any meetings, processions or demonstrations by enemy aliens;\n\n(b) prohibit the publication in an enemy alien language of any newspaper or other publication;\n\n(c) prohibit enemy aliens from—\n\n(i) spreading reports in regard to the war; or\n\n(ii) including in correspondence any naval, military or air force information; and\n\n(d) require enemy aliens to submit to an authority specified in the order, all communications to addresses overseas.\n\nPart VIII.—Miscellaneous.\n\nNaturalization.\n\n25\\. In any case in which the Minister so directs, a certificate of naturalization under the Nationality Act 1920-1936 shall not be granted.\n\nChange of name.\n\n26.—(1.) An alien shall not for any purpose assume or use, or purport to assume or use, or continue the assumption or use of, any name other than that by which he was ordinarily known on the date on which these Regulations come into force unless he has, in accordance with these Regulations, previously notified the aliens registration officer nearest to his place of abode that it is his intention so to do.\n\n(2.) The notification shall be given by the alien properly completing a notice, in duplicate, in accordance with Form E, and producing in person to the aliens registration officer such notice and the certificate of his registration as an alien.\n\nAliens or persons believed to be aliens to answer questions and produce documents.\n\n27\\. Any officer may at any time require any person believed by him to be an alien to answer any question as to his name, birthplace, nationality, place of living, movements, or business, and to produce documentary or other evidence of his nationality, and any person who refuses or fails to answer any such question or to produce any such evidence in his possession or control, or gives a false or misleading answer to any such question, shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\nOrders relating to enemy aliens may be made applicable to other aliens.\n\n28\\. An order relating to enemy aliens which is made in pursuance of these Regulations shall, if the Minister so directs, apply to other aliens or naturalized British subjects.  \n\nObstructing officers.\n\n29. A person shall not obstruct, knowingly mislead, or otherwise interfere with or impede any aliens registration officer or other officer or person acting under these Regulations.\n\nPermits, certificate, etc.\n\n30.—(1.) The holder of any permit, certificate or written permission granted or issued for the purposes of any of these Regulations shall, on demand made in that behalf by an officer, produce the permit, certificate or permission, as the case may be, to the person making the demand.\n\n(2.) If, with intent to deceive, any person alters or uses, or lends to, or allows to be used by any other person, a permit, certificate or written permission granted or issued for the purposes of any of these Regulations, or makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling such a permit, certificate or permission as to be calculated to deceive, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.\n\n(3.) Any permit, certificate or permission granted for the purposes of any of these Regulations may be revoked at any time by the authority or person empowered to grant it.\n\nOnus of proof.\n\n31. In any proceedings for any contravention or failure to comply with any provision of these Regulations or of any order, rule or by-law made under these Regulations, the burden of proving an exemption shall lie upon the person charged.\n\nAverment of officer to be evidence.\n\n32\\. In any proceedings under the Act before any Court with respect to any alien who is alleged to have changed his place of abode and to have failed to give notice to an aliens registration officer as required by regulation 16 of these Regulations, a statutory declaration by the officer that the alien has failed to give the required notice shall, if produced out of the custody of a police officer of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, be admissible as evidence of the statements contained in the declaration.\n\nEvidence of signature, &c., of officers.\n\n33. All Courts shall take judicial notice of—\n\n(a) the signature of any person who is or has been an officer acting under or in pursuance of these Regulations; and\n\n(b) the fact that such a person is or has been such an officer,\n\nif the signature purports to be attached or appended to any document produced in evidence.\n\nTime for commencement of prosecutions.\n\n34\\. A summary prosecution in respect of any offence against these Regulations may be commenced at any time after the commission of the offence.\n\nPolice to be aliens registration officers.\n\n35. The member of a Police Force in charge of any Police Station in Australia shall be an aliens registration officer under these Regulations.\n\nMinister may appoint aliens registration officers.\n\n36\\. The Minister may appoint any person to be an aliens registration officer.\n\nRules and by-laws.\n\n37\\. The Minister may make such rules and by-laws as, in his opinion, are necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to these Regulations.  \n\nTHE SCHEDULE.\n\nRegulation 6.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia,\n\nForm A1.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nFORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.\n\n(For Alien Resident in Australia.)\n\nThis form is to be filled in (except as to signature and finger-print) in triplicate, and the alien is to attend in person, with the triplicate forms, before the member of the Police Force in charge of the Police Station nearest to his usual place of abode, and, in his presence, to sign the application and to allow an impression of his finger-print to be taken, if required.\n\nName (in full)..............................................................\n\n(Surname to be underlined)\n\nNationality............................. Sex............................\n\nBirthplace............................. Date of birth......................\n\nPlace of abode.............................................................\n\nPlace of business (if any).....................................................\n\nOccupation............................ Married (Strike out the term that does\n\nSingle not apply.)\n\nDate of entry into Australia................. Name of Ship.....................\n\nPort of debarkation......................\n\nPersonal Description.\n\n| Height.............................ft…………..............in.Colour of Hair....................................................Notable mark......................................................Remarks—Finger-print. (Impression to be made, if required, in presence of Aliens Registration Officer.) | Colour of eyes.............................................Build..............................Date of application....................................Usual signature of alien. (To be signed in presence of Aliens Registration Officer.)(This space for office use only.)Certificate issued—No. ……………………Date...............................................................Remarks........................................................……………………………………………..Signature of Aliens Registration OfficerPolice Station............................................... |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nRegulation 7.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nForm A2.\n\nFORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.\n\n(For alien entering Australia in Oversea Vessel or Aircraft.)\n\nThree copies of this form are to be filled in (except as to signature and finger-print mark), and the alien is to attend in person, immediately after the arrival of the vessel or aircraft at the first port of call or aerodrome in Australia, before an Aliens Registration Officer on board the vessel or at the aerodrome, with the following documents:—\n\n(a) three copies of this form;\n\n(b) his Certificate of Registration (if he has been registered under these Regulations during a previous visit to Australia, and if his certificate was not taken from him on his departure from Australia); and\n\n(c) his passport (if he is a passenger or a member of a crew not signed on in Australia but due for discharge in an Australian port or aerodrome).  \n\nThe Schedule—continued.\n\nName (in full).............................................................................................................................................\n\n(Surname to be underlined)\n\n| Nationality.........................      | Sex...........................         |\n| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |\n| Birthplace..........................      | Date of Birth....................      |\n| Name of vessel or Aircraft............... | Port at which alien embarked.......... |\n\n.........................\n\nPlace of abode (abroad).........................\n\n(In case of Passengers) Place of business (if any)………………………………………………...\n\n(In case of Passengers) State if temporary or permanent residence in Australia proposed; if temporary, add purpose of visit...............................................................................................\n\n(In case of Passengers) Intended place of abode (if any) in Australia (address to be stated as fully as possible).....................................................................................................................\n\nOccupation.................................................. Married (Strike out the term that does\n\nSingle not apply.)\n\nParticulars of passport (if any)—No..................... Date……………........... Place of Issue............................................\n\nIf previously registered and in possession of certificate—No. of certificate...........................................\n\nDate................................................................... Place of issue.................................................\n\nPersonal Description.\n\n| Height...............................ft………….............in.                                           | Colour of eyes…………………………………….                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Colour of Hair………………………………….                                                                          | Build .......................................................................                                                                                                                                                                                                           |\n| Notable marks…………………………………..                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |\n| Remarks—Finger-print if required. (Impression to be made in presence of Aliens Registration Officer.) | Signature of alien…………………………………(This space for office use only.)Certificate issued—No..................Date..............................Remarks............................................................Signature of Aliens Registration Officer.Police Station.................... |\n\n(Page 1.)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nRegulation 9.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nForm B1.\n\nCERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF ALIEN.\n\n(For alien resident in Australia and for alien passenger entering Australia in Oversea Vessel or Aircraft.)\n\nName of holder..............................................................\n\nNationality claimed................... Date of birth........................\n\nOccupation.................................................................\n\nDate of entry into Australia.....................................................\n\nIn case of Resident Alien, state present address—\n\nPlace of abode...............................................................\n\nIn case of Passenger entering Australia, state former address abroad—\n\nPlace of abode...............................................................\n\nIn case of Alien Passenger only—\n\nName of vessel or aircraft......................................................\n\nPort at which embarked........................................................\n\n  \n\nThe Schedule—continued.\n\nIntended place of abode (if any) in Australia.........................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\nDate of issue................................................................\n\nPolice station or port..........................................................\n\nSignature of Aliens Registration Officer............................................\n\n(Page 2.)\n\nPersonal Description. PHOTOGRAPH.\n\n![](image.002.png)Height...........................ft..............................ins.\n\nBuild..............................\n\nColour of eyes.......................\n\nColour of hair........................\n\nNotable marks.......................\n\n..............................\n\nRemarks...........................\n\n..............................\n\n..............................\n\n..............................\n\n..............................\n\nSignature of holder—\n\n....................................................................\n\nFinger-prints taken from\n\n| Left hand                   | Right hand                 |\n| --------------------------- | -------------------------- |\n| Finger..................... | Finger.................... |\n|                             |                            |\n\n(Page 3.)\n\nREGISTERED CHANGES OF ABODE.\n\n(see instructions on Page 4.)\n\n| New Address. | Registered at. | Date, and Signature of Aliens Registration Officer. |\n| ------------ | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n|              |                |                                                     |\n\n  \n\nThe Schedule—continued.\n\n(Page 4.)\n\nNOTICE TO ALIENS.\n\nAcquiring Place of Abode.—An alien who arrives in Australia from overseas and who acquires a place of abode must, within seven days after so acquiring a place of abode, give notice thereof, in the prescribed form, to the Aliens Registration Officer at the Police Station nearest to his place of abode.\n\nChange of Abode.—An alien, before changing his place of abode, is required to give notice in the prescribed form to the Aliens Registration Officer at the Police Station nearest to his place of abode, of the date on which he intends to change his abode, and of his intended new place of abode. He is also required, within seven days after acquiring his new place of abode, to attend in person before the Aliens Registration Officer at the Police Station nearest to his new place of abode and to bring with him his Certificate of Registration.\n\nIf an alien does not change his place of abode in accordance with the particulars stated in the notice furnished by him, he must forthwith inform the officer of the cancellation of his intended change of abode, or of any alteration in the intended date of his change of abode, or in his intended new place, of residence, as the case may be.\n\nChange of Name.—An alien may not change his name unless he has, in accordance with the Regulations, previously notified his intention so to do to the Aliens Registration Officer at the Police Station nearest to his place of abode.\n\nNote.—Failure to observe the abovementioned requirements renders an alien liable to a penalty of £100 or six months’ imprisonment.\n\n(Front of form).\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nRegulation 9.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nForm B2.\n\nCERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF ALIEN SEAMAN.\n\n(For alien seamen entering Australia in oversea vessel.)\n\nName of holder..............................................................\n\nNationality claimed................... Date of birth.....................\n\nPlace of abode...............................................................\n\n(Home address.)\n\nSignature of holder...........................................................\n\nLeft thumb print.\n\nPersonal Description.\n\nHeight........................... Colour of eyes...................\n\nColour of hair...................... Build..........................\n\nNotable marks...................... Remarks........................\n\nDate of issue....................... Name of vessel...................\n\n................................\n\nSignature of Aliens Registration Officer.\n\nPolice Station or port.................\n\nNotice to Alien Seamen.\n\nAn alien seaman serving on an overseas vessel is not allowed to land unless he has on his person his Certificate of Registration.\n\nHe is not required to report to the Aliens Registration Officer at subsequent ports of call on the same voyage; but if he visits Australia on a later voyage, he is required to register at the first port of call.\n\nIf he is discharged in an Australian port, and afterwards acquires a place of abode in Australia, he is required to register, within seven days after so acquiring a place of abode, with the Aliens Registration Officer at the Police Station nearest to the place.\n\nPenalty: £100 or six months’ imprisonment.\n\nPassports.—Before an alien seaman who signed on outside Australia can be discharged in Australia, it is necessary for him to lodge with an authorized officer his passport (unless exempted from so doing) and also any certificate of nationality or other similar document in his possession.  \n\nThe Schedule—continued.\n\n(Back of form).\n\n| Date Landed or Registered. | Port. | Name of Vessel. |\n| -------------------------- | ----- | --------------- |\n|                            |       |                 |\n\n................................\n\nSignature of Aliens Registration Officer.\n\n(The following spaces are for use if seaman is discharged.)\n\nRegistered Changes of Abode.\n\nNew address...............................................................\n\nRegistered at....................... Date...........................\n\n................................\n\nSignature of Aliens Registration Officer.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nRegulation 16.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nForm C.\n\nNOTICE OF CHANGE OF ABODE.\n\nTo the Aliens Registration Officer at\n\nTake notice that I \\[name in full, underline surname\\] \\*formerly residing at \\[former place of abode\\], \\[occupation\\], †intend to change my place of abode to‡\n\nI am registered as an alien of nationality under the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations, the number of the certificate issued to me at being .\n\nSignature of alien.\n\nDate 19 .\n\n(For office use only.)\n\nSignature of A.R.O. at old place of abode..........................................\n\nDate notice sent to A.R.O. at new place of abode.....................................\n\nSignature of A.R.O. at new place of abode..........................................\n\nName of place................... Date alien reported.....................\n\n\\* In case of person who has no previous place of abode in Australia, write here—“Having landed from the SS. at on ”.\n\n† In case of person who has had no previous place of abode in Australia, in place of “intend to change my place of abode to” write—“have taken up my abode at”.\n\n‡ In case of person leaving Australia, state country of destination, port of embarkation, name of ship, proposed date of departure, e.g., “England, leaving Sydney per SS. on / /19 ”.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nRegulation 16.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nForm D.\n\nTRAVEL PERMIT.\n\nCertificate of Exemption from Necessity of Reporting Temporary Change of Residence.\n\nGranted to.................................................................\n\nNationality................................................................\n\nHolder of Certificate of Registration No........... issued at......................\n\n  \nThe Schedule—continued.\n\nConditions.\n\nThe conditions under which this Certificate is issued shall be as follows:—\n\nPeriod:—...................... to...............................\n\nPurpose:—............................................................\n\nRemarks:—...........................................................\n\n................................... ............................\n\nSignature of holder. Signature of Aliens Registration Officer.\n\nPlace...........................\n\nDate...........................\n\nNotice to the Holder of this Certificate.\n\nIt is an offence, punishable by fine or imprisonment, for the holder to refuse to produce this certificate when legally required to do so; or to fail to comply with the conditions of this certificate; or for any person to alter, use or have in his possession a permit on which any endorsement has been forged or altered.\n\nOn the expiry of the period for which this certificate is available, it must be given up at the nearest Police Station in the District where the holder then is, or in the District in which it was issued.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nRegulation 26.\n\nNational Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.\n\nForm E.\n\nNOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME.\n\nTo the Aliens Registration Officer at\n\nTake notice that I \\[name in full\\], residing at \\[place of abode\\] \\[occupation\\], intend to change my name to \\[new name\\].\n\nI am registered as an alien of nationality, and my Certificate of Registration, which is numbered was issued to me at\n\nSignature of alien..................\n\nDate...............\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations implement and elaborate controls tied to the defence/public safety and wartime purposes stated in the text (see Regs. 13(1), 15(1), 19, 20). They do not, on their face, extend beyond those stated objectives; rather they provide detailed administrative and enforcement mechanisms (registration, reporting, detention, prohibitions on possession and employment, control of communications and assembly) to realise those objectives. The instrument centralises decision‑making with the Minister and authorised officers and expands operational detail and recordkeeping obligations relative to a bare enabling Act, but the stated substantive scope remains within the defence and public safety purposes set out in the Regulations (Parts II–VII)."},"complexity_factors":["Wide-ranging executive discretion across multiple subject areas (movement, residence, internment, possessions, employment, assembly) (Regs. 13, 15, 19, 20, 22–24)","Detailed procedural requirements and multiple prescribed forms (A1, A2, B1/B2, C, D, E) including photographs and fingerprints (Regs. 6–9; Schedule)","Multiple kinds of actors with roles and duties (Minister, approved authorities, aliens registration officers, police, masters of vessels/aircraft, hotelkeepers) (Regs. 3, 7, 11, 35–36)","Criminal offences linked to many administrative failures and false statements, with evidentiary provisions and burden shifting to the accused (Regs. 7(4), 11(2), 27, 30(2), 31–33)","Cross-references between general Ministerial orders and specific implementing duties (e.g. orders specifying approved ports, authorities, and prohibited items) (Regs. 13(1), 15(1), 22)","Operational requirements for enforcement (appointment of officers, detention sites, inspection powers) that create implementation dependencies (Regs. 20–21, 35–36, 7(3))","Scope for applying enemy‑specific orders to other aliens (Reg. 28) which increases interpretive complexity","Combination of civil‑administrative (registration, certificates, permits) and criminal (detention, offences) mechanisms in one instrument (Parts II–VIII)"],"plain_english_summary":"### What these Regulations do, who they affect, and why they matter\n\n- What the instrument is: These are regulations made under the National Security Act 1939 that set out a system for identifying, monitoring and controlling \"aliens\" (non‑British subjects as defined at Reg. 3) in Australia. The Regulations give the Minister and authorised officers a range of administrative and criminal powers to register aliens, control their movement, residence, possessions, employment and communications, and to detain or intern enemy aliens in the interests of defence and public safety (see Regs. 5, 13, 19, 20, 22–24).\n\n- Who decides: The Minister holds broad discretionary power to issue orders and to approve authorities, ports and conditions for the controls (see Regs. 13, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, 37). The day‑to‑day execution is given to officers (defined at Reg. 3) and to \"aliens registration officers\" — in practice the police station head at each police station is a registration officer by regulation (Reg. 35), and the Minister may appoint others (Reg. 36).\n\n- Main mechanical changes (how it works):\n  - Mandatory registration: Every non‑exempt alien resident at the commencement date, arriving aliens and children of aliens who reach 16 must register on prescribed forms (Regs. 5–9; Forms A1, A2, B1/B2). Registration requires personal attendance, signature, photographs and may include fingerprints (Reg. 8).\n  - Proof and production obligations: Aliens must produce certificates of registration on demand, surrender them on departure when required, and may be required to produce identity and nationality documents (Regs. 9–10, 27, 30).\n  - Local reporting and recordkeeping: Aliens must notify changes of abode prior to moving and within seven days after acquiring a new place of residence (Reg. 16; Form C). Keepers of hotels, boarding‑houses and lodging‑houses must keep registers of aliens and make returns on direction (Reg. 11).\n  - Controls on entry and exit: The Minister may prohibit or restrict landing, disembarkation and embarkation of aliens and enemy aliens at specified ports or aerodromes and may authorise detention on arrival or attempted departure (Regs. 13, 15). Ship and aircraft masters must provide crew lists and permit searches (Reg. 7(2)–(4)).\n  - Limits on movement and residence: The Minister can require enemy aliens to live in specified places or areas, bar aliens from living in specified areas, set reporting requirements, impose curfews and regulate display of lights (Reg. 19). Enemy aliens cannot change abode or travel outside their police district without written permission (Reg. 17).\n  - Internment and detention: The Minister or authorised person may detain enemy aliens by warrant for reasons stated in the Regulations and appoint places of detention (Regs. 20–21).\n  - Control of possessions and employment: The Minister may prohibit aliens (generally or individually) from possessing or using specified items (e.g. weapons, signalling apparatus, motor vehicles, telephones, broadcast receivers, cameras, maps) except with written permission (Reg. 22), and may prohibit employment in specified occupations except by permission (Reg. 23).\n  - Control of assembly and communications: The Minister may prohibit meetings, publications in enemy languages, dissemination of war reports by enemy aliens, and may require submission of communications addressed overseas (Reg. 24).\n  - Administrative and evidentiary measures: A person charged must prove any claimed exemption (Reg. 31). Officers’ averments and signatures are treated as evidence or judicially noticed in specified circumstances (Regs. 32–33). The Minister may make rules and by‑laws to carry the Regulations into effect (Reg. 37).\n\n- Official rationale and how the Regulations implement it: The Regulations repeatedly condition powers on what the Minister or authorised officer \"considers necessary in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth\" or for public safety or for the efficient prosecution of the present war (see Regs. 13(1), 15(1), 18, 19, 20). Mechanically, that rationale is implemented by granting the Minister and authorised officers broad, discretionary powers to issue prohibitions and require permits, to compel registration and documentary proof, to detain, and to regulate a wide range of private activities and possessions.\n\n- Who pays and where burdens fall (mechanics, not opinion):\n  - Compliance costs fall primarily on aliens: registration steps (forms, photographs, possible fingerprints), repeated reporting when moving, and restrictions on leaving, working and possessing items (Regs. 5–10, 16, 22–23, 27).\n  - Private businesses and individuals carry some administrative burdens: masters of vessels or aircraft must provide lists and allow searches (Reg. 7(2)–(4)); hotelkeepers and boardinghouse keepers must keep registers and provide information to officers (Reg. 11); employers may need written permission to employ aliens (Reg. 23).\n  - The state (Minister/authorities) must provide administrative capacity: appoint registration officers (Reg. 36), maintain registers and certificates (Regs. 9, 11), provide places of detention (Reg. 21) and issue permits and orders (Regs. 13, 15, 19, 22–24).\n\n- Incentives, trade‑offs and implementation risks (concrete mechanisms):\n  - Centralised discretion: The phrase \"may, if he considers it necessary\" recurs and vests wide judgement in the Minister or an approved authority to expand, limit or target measures (Regs. 13, 15, 18, 19, 22–24). That concentrates decision‑making power in a small executive pocket (see those sections).\n  - Compliance and enforcement burden: The Regulations require personal attendance for many steps (Regs. 6–8, 16), photographic and fingerprint records (Reg. 8; Forms), inspection rights for officers (Reg. 7(3), 11(5)), and enable criminal penalties for refusal and false statements (see Regs. 7(4), 8(4), 11(2), 27, 30(2) and the Schedule notice about penalties). These create administrative workload for police and other officers acting as registration officers (Reg. 35) and for the courts when offences are prosecuted (Reg. 34 allows summary prosecutions at any time).\n  - Legal risk and evidentiary tilt: The onus of proving an exemption is on the person charged (Reg. 31). Officer statements and signatures are given specific evidentiary weight (Regs. 32–33). Those are procedural features that change the allocation of proof and ordinary evidentiary hurdles in prosecutions under the Regulations.\n  - Third‑party compliance costs: Hotels and lodging providers must keep and produce registers; their failure is an offence (Reg. 11). Masters of vessels who refuse inspection or give incorrect lists commit offences (Reg. 7(4)). These duties can impose recordkeeping and operational constraints on commerce and transport.\n  - Effects on private choice and markets: Employment prohibitions (Reg. 23) and possession controls (Reg. 22) can directly limit economic participation by aliens in particular occupations or activities and can require employers or owners to seek government permission. This changes how businesses source labour and use equipment when aliens are involved.\n  - Substitution and administrative capacity issues: Where employment or possession is prohibited, employers may substitute other labour or capital. Effective implementation depends on the availability of registration officers, approved authorities, and places of detention (Regs. 35–36, 20–21). Shortfalls in administrative capacity would affect enforcement.\n\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs (mechanism‑based): The Regulations concentrate discretionary enforcement and security decision‑making in the Minister and authorised officials (see Regs. 13, 15, 19, 20, 22–24). The immediate compliance costs and legal risks are dispersed across the alien population, vessel masters, lodging‑house keepers and employers required to observe the rules (Regs. 5–11, 16, 22–23). The text prescribes penalties and criminal liability where duties are not met (multiple provisions and the Schedule note on penalties). \n\n- Practical compliance triggers and record formats: The Regulations specify forms (A1, A2, B1/B2, C, D, E) and describe paper‑based procedures, photographs, and fingerprint impressions (Regs. 6–9; Schedule). Those fixed documentary requirements are the specific compliance items an alien or custodian must provide.\n\nOverall, the Regulations create a detailed administrative and criminal regime for overseeing non‑British nationals during a time identified as requiring defence measures. They centralise decision authority with the Minister and authorised officers and impose registration, reporting and recordkeeping duties, along with substantive controls over movement, residence, possessions, employment and communications (see Parts II–VII)."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2854},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be the original 1939 version of the regulations (Statutory Rules 1939 No. 88), which established the initial comprehensive framework for alien control. The scope aligns with the original emergency wartime intent under the National Security Act 1939."},"complexity_factors":["37 regulations organized across 8 distinct Parts covering registration, travel, residence, internment, possessions, employment, and assembly","7 distinct statutory forms (A1, A2, B1, B2, C, D, E) with specific completion requirements","Multiple defined terms including nested definitions ('enemy alien' depends on 'alien' which depends on 'British subject' under separate Act)","Extensive conditional logic with ministerial discretion ('if he considers it necessary in the interests of the defence') and exemption clauses throughout","Cross-references to the Nationality Act 1920-1936 for citizenship determination","Differential treatment categories creating parallel regulatory tracks for resident aliens vs. arriving aliens vs. enemy aliens vs. seamen"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** Emergency wartime regulations giving the Australian government sweeping powers to monitor, restrict, and detain non-British residents (\"aliens\") during World War II.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **\"Aliens\"** — Anyone over 16 who isn't a British subject (defined by the Nationality Act 1920-1936)\n- **\"Enemy aliens\"** — Nationals of countries at war with Britain (e.g., Germany, Italy, Japan as the war progressed)\n- Exemptions apply to foreign consuls and their staffs (from friendly nations), and government vessel crews\n\n**What it does:**\n\n**Registration & Surveillance**\n- All aliens must register with police, providing photographs, fingerprints, and personal details\n- Must carry a registration certificate at all times and produce it on demand\n- Must report any change of address within 7 days\n- Hotel and boarding house keepers must maintain registers of alien guests and report details to authorities\n\n**Movement Controls**\n- Enemy aliens cannot change residence or travel outside their police district without written permission\n- Minister can ban aliens from entering or leaving through specific ports\n- Minister can declare prohibited areas where aliens cannot go\n\n**Possessions & Employment**\n- Aliens banned from owning weapons, cameras, radios, telephones, homing pigeons, motor vehicles, or codes/ciphers without permission\n- Minister can prohibit aliens from working in specific occupations\n\n**Internment**\n- Enemy aliens can be detained indefinitely (\"for such period as the Minister determines\") without trial if deemed a threat to public safety or the war effort\n- Minister can establish detention camps\n\n**Other Restrictions**\n- Curfews can be imposed on enemy aliens\n- Meetings and demonstrations by enemy aliens can be banned\n- Publications in \"enemy alien languages\" can be prohibited\n- Aliens cannot change their names without notifying authorities\n\n**Penalties:**\nFines up to £100 or 6 months imprisonment for breaches including:\n- Failing to register or report address changes\n- Refusing to answer questions or produce documents\n- Obstructing officers\n- Possessing prohibited items\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese regulations created a comprehensive system of surveillance and control over immigrant communities, establishing the legal framework for the internment of thousands of civilians during WWII based solely on nationality rather than individual conduct."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations","history":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations/documents"}}