Commonwealth legislation

National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

113 of 1952

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This 1952 regulation is a post-war “housekeeping” measure that formally cancels (repeals) eight earlier sets of National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations made during World War II and immediately after.

What it does

Repeals Statutory Rules from 1942, 1945 and 1948 that originally imposed wartime security controls on Australian ports, shipping and maritime workers.
Cleans up the statute book by removing emergency powers that were no longer needed once peacetime conditions returned.

Who it affects

The maritime industry (ports, shipping companies, seafarers), though by 1952 these wartime restrictions were likely already obsolete or superseded by other laws.

Why it matters

It marks the final winding-down of WWII emergency powers over the maritime sector under the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act, returning regulatory control to normal peacetime legislation.

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National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations

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STATUTORY RULES.

No. .

REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1946-1951.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1951.

Dated this nineteenth day of December, 1952.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of Minister for Labour and National Service

Minister of State for Labour and National Service.

Repeal of the National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations.

Repeal.

Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 2, 12, 68, 82, 300 and 452; Statutory Rules 1945, No. 1; and Statutory Rules 1948, No. 7 are repealed.

Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1952.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

5086.—Price 3d. 10/8.12.1952.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.