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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
These Regulations prescribe the administrative system for Commonwealth Inscribed Stock and Treasury Bonds: they create state-capital registries, set operating hours, require particular registers and standard forms, and fix how stock is inscribed, transferred, transmitted on death or insolvency, exchanged for bonds, and how interest is paid. They also set fees and receipts.
They affect stock owners, registrars, corporations, executors/administrators and banks: owners must pay purchase money, premiums and fees and meet identification, signature and probate requirements; Registrars and the Treasurer exercise record‑keeping, verification and discretionary approval functions that enable or block dealings.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Regulations (Provisional).
1 Requisition for forms
2 Application to purchase stock other than by public tender
3 Receipt for purchase money for stock sold other than by public tender
4 Daily return of stock sold other than by public tender
5 Stock ledger
6 Index of stock owners
7 Application of female owner for alteration of name on marriage
8 Notification of alteration of name on marriage
9 Signature book
10 Application to inspect stock ledger
11 Sales and transfer book
12 Application for stock certificate
13 Stock certificate
14 Application for transfer
15 Transfer and acceptance
View image in the official source16a Notices to transferor and transferee
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17 Application for transfer to another Registry
18 Advice to Registrar of transfer from another Registry
19 Notification of transfer to another Registry
20 Request for transmission
21 Notification of transfer by transmission
22 Statement of interest payable for half-year
23 Interest warrant
24 Request to pay interest to bank account
25 Notice of payment of interest to bank account
26 Request to forward interest warrants to another person
27 Application for the issue of bonds in exchange for stock
28 Monthly advice of bonds issued in exchange for stock
29 Application for the inscription of stock in exchange for bonds
30 Notification of inscription of stock in exchange for bonds
31 Monthly advice of stock inscribed in exchange for bonds
32 Treasury bond and coupon (requisitioned for on Form 34)
33 General Register of Treasury bonds
34 Requisition for supply of Treasury bonds
35 Register of Treasury bonds
36 Receipt for purchase money for Treasury bonds sold other than by public tender
37 Daily return of Treasury bonds sold other than by public tender
38 Application for power of attorney
39 Power of attorney to purchase stock from an existing owner
40 Power of attorney to sell stock
41 Register of powers of attorney
42 Notice of dealing
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STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH INSCRIBED STOCK ACT 1911-1915.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911-1915, should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ANDREW FISHER,
Treasurer.
Regulations Relating to Commonwealth Government Inscribed Stock.
Short Title.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Regulations.
Interpretation.
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Registry” means a Registry for the inscription of stock.
“Registrar” means a Registrar of Stock or a Deputy Registrar of Stock.
“Stock” means Commonwealth Government Inscribed Stock.
“Bond” means a Treasury Bond issuable under the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911-1915.
“Owner” means an owner of stock, or owners of stock in a joint account.
Registries.
3. A Registry for the inscription of stock is hereby established at each of the following places, namely, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, and Hobart.
4. Each Registry shall be open for the transaction of business daily from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., except on Saturdays, when the hours of business shall be from 10 a.m. until noon.
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Forms.
5. Where in these Regulations any reference is made to a form, the reference shall be to the appropriate form in the Appendices.
6. Forms of application and similar forms may be obtained at any Registry by personal, or will be sent on written, application to the Registrar.
7. A stock of all forms shall be kept by each Registrar, who shall apply for them, in accordance with Form 1, to the Registrar at Melbourne.
Applications for Stock.
8. Where stock is to be sold the following provisions shall apply—
(a) An application to purchase stock, excepting where made on a form accompanying a prospectus calling for subscriptions by public tender at a fixed date, shall be in accordance with Form 2.
(b) The application shall be accompanied by the purchase money, together with any premium and accrued interest to the date of purchase. In the case of a joint account the application shall set forth the names in the order in which they are to appear in the Stock Ledger.
(c) Upon receipt of the application and purchase money a receipt in accordance with Form 3 shall be issued by the Registrar.
(d) A return, in accordance with Form 4, of stock sold shall be forwarded daily to the Secretary to the Treasury.
Inscription of Stock.
9. (1) At each Registry there shall be kept a Stock Ledger in accordance with Form 5, in which shall be inscribed the name of each owner, and the amount of stock owned by him.
(2) The Registrar shall initial all entries in the Stock Ledger as evidence of their correctness.
10. The index of owners shall be kept in accordance with Form 6.
11. Except with the approval of the Treasurer stock shall be inscribed or remain inscribed only in sums of One hundred pounds or in sums which are multiples of Ten pounds where the amount inscribed is in excess of One hundred pounds.
12. In cases where a Scrip Certificate to Bearer has been issued in connexion with any loan raised by the Commonwealth by public tender, the original subscriber, by endorsing such Scrip Certificate, and without signing any form of transfer under these regulations, may, upon application to a Registrar, have the principal sum inscribed in the Stock Ledger in such name or names as are set forth in the endorsement, provided all instalments payable under such Scrip Certificate have been duly paid.
13. Stock may be inscribed in the name of one or more persons not exceeding four, and the full name, address, and description of each must be given.
14. Trusts shall not be recognised. Executors, administrators and trustees shall not be registered as such, but in their individual names without reference to any trusteeship.
15. (1) Stock may be inscribed in the name of a registered company or other corporation, but the Registrar must first be furnished with a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation or special Act of Parliament under which such corporation is established, together with a certified specimen of the seal of the corporation, and a duly authenticated copy of any Regulations governing the mode of affixing the seal.
(2) Transactions in respect of stock in the name of a corporation may be effected if the prescribed form has been sealed in the proper manner, or if a general Power of Attorney authorizing some person to act for the corporation has been duly executed and lodged with the proper State officer, and if an attested copy of such power be deposited with the Registrar.
16. (1) On the marriage of a female who is the owner of stock her name and description shall be altered in the Stock Ledger with respect to stock standing either in her name solely, or jointly with any other name, on lodgment with the Registrar of a request, in accordance with Form 7, signed by her, stating the name in full of her husband, and setting forth particulars of the stock concerning which it is desired to have the alteration made.
(2) A copy of the certificate of registration of her marriage under the hand of the proper State officer shall accompany the request, together with such particulars as the Registrar deems necessary.
(3) Notification of the alteration shall be made in accordance with Form 8.
17. In the event of stock being inscribed incorrectly owing to a mistake in a request for inscription or transfer, the account may be amended by a letter or declaration as the case requires, stating how the error arose, and, in the event of an alteration of any name or names, a request from the transferor in the original transfer shall be required by the Registrar.
18. (1) Registrar shall take such steps as are necessary to immediately secure, either by post or personally, specimen signatures of all stock owners.
(2) The signatures shall be written or pasted in the Signature Book, which shall be in accordance with Form 9.
(3) As far as practicable the signing of documents by owners of stock shall take place in the Registry, otherwise the Registrar must be satisfied as to the genuineness of signatures before allowing registration to be made. The genuineness of signatures may be tested by comparison with signatures on application or other forms. Specimen signatures obtained by post must be witnessed by a eredible person, and their genuineness tested as provided in this regulation.
19. An owner or part owner of stock shall be at liberty at all reasonable times to inspect his account of stock in the Stock Ledger, upon application in accordance with Form 10, and upon payment of the prescribed fee.
20. In order to record the total amount of stock inscribed in the Stock Ledger in the Registry, the Registrar shall keep a Sales and Transfer Book in accordance with Form 11, in which shall be entered the amount of all sales to original purchasers (whether by public tender or otherwise), the amount of all transfers and transmissions to other persons, the amount of all exchanges of stock for bonds, or vice versâ, and the amount of all transfers from or to another Registry.
21. All entries made in the Sales and Transfer Book shall be numbered consecutively, beginning on 1st July in each year, corresponding numbers being placed on the forms from which the entry is made. The forms from which entries are made shall be carefully preserved.
Stock Certificates.
22. The Registrar shall, upon request in accordance with Form 12 by the owner of any stock, issue to him a certificate, in accordance with Form 13, of the proprietorship of the stock.
Transfers and Transmissions.
23. (1) Applications for transfer of stock from one person to another shall be made in accordance with Form 14.
(2) The transfer and acceptance shall be in accordance with Form 15, and shall be fully signed, and, in the case of a corporation, properly sealed, by both the transferor and the transferee, each of whom shall be notified, in accordance with Forms 16a and 16b, of the completion of the transaction.
(3) In the case of a joint account, it shall be sufficient if the first inscribed owner is so notified.
24. Applications for transfer of stock from one Registry to another shall be made in accordance with Form 17, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
25. (1) When any stock is transferred from one Registry to another Registry, the Registrar of the Registry from which the stock is transferred shall forward to the Registrar of the Registry to which the stock is transferred advice, in accordance with Form 18, of the transfer of the stock, together with specimen signatures of the owner or owners, and shall forward to the owner a notification, in accordance with Form 19, that steps have been taken to make the transfer.
(2) The Registrar forwarding the advice shall see that its receipt is promptly acknowledged, and shall make a note of its receipt in the “remarks" column of the Stock Ledger.
26. The fee for transfer of stock from one Registry to another shall be payable at the Registry from which the stock is to be transferred.
27. (1) If any stock has become transmitted in consequence of the death, bankruptcy, or insolvency of any owner, or for any other reason, the application for transmission shall be authenticated by a declaration in writing, in such manner as the Registrar requires, and shall be verified by probate of will, letters of administration, or an office copy of the adjudication or order of sequestration or vesting order, as the case may be.
(2) Applications for the transmission of stock shall be made in accordance with Form 20.
(3) Upon the transmission having been duly made, the Registrar shall forward to the person making the request for transmission a notice to that effect in accordance with Form 21.
28. On the decease of an owner in a sole account, his death shall be registered on production to the Registrar of probate of will or letters of administration, and, if required by the Registrar, a declaration by some disinterested person, as to the identity of the deceased as the owner.
29. On the decease of one of the owners in a joint account, the death may be proved by production of probate of will, letters of administration, or certificate of death, and, if required by the Registrar, by a declaration by some disinterested person as to the identity of the deceased as the owner.
30. On completion of the proof of death in a joint account the stock and dividends thereon will be registered in the name of the survivor or survivors.
31. On the decease of the last survivor in a joint account the death must be proved, as in the case of an owner on solo account, and steps taken to inscribe the stock in the individual name of the executor or administrator of the lost survivor. If, however, the stock can be transferred immediately to a beneficiary, or some other person entitled thereto, upon the decease of the last survivor, such transfer may be made direct upon the authority of the executor or administrator, the transaction being carried out in accordance with forms 14, 15, 16a, and 16b.
32. All probates, letters of administration and copies of adjudications or orders of sequestration or vesting orders must be exhibited at the Registry for scrutiny at least two clear days before the stock affected by them can be dealt with, and they shall be forwarded to the Commonwealth Audit Officer in the State concerned for notation before they are returned to the persons by whom they were produced.
33. The Registrar shall require the signatures of persons who claim transmission of stock by virtue of their appointment as executors, administrators, or trustees, to be verified to his satisfaction. This should be done by a disinterested person, such as the Solicitor dealing with the deceased or insolvent estate.
34. Registration will not be made of any applications for transfer received within fourteen days prior to the date on which interest is due, nor during one calendar month immediately preceding the date of maturity of stock.
35. Except with the approval of the Treasurer transfers of stock shall only be made for an amount of £100, or a multiple of £10, where the amount to be transferred exceeds £100.
Payment of Interest.
36. The balance for the payment of interest on stock shall be struck fourteen days before interest becomes due.
37. The amounts of interest payable each half-year shall be calculated and set out in accordance with Form 22.
38. (1) Interest shall be paid by interest warrant in accordance with Form 23.
(2) Unless otherwise requested, warrants shall be transmitted by post to the owner, or the owner whose name in a joint account is first inscribed in the Stock Ledger.
(3) Upon a request in accordance with Form 24 to the Registrar, the interest may be paid into any banking account except a Savings Bank account.
(4) A notification in accordance with Form 25 of all amounts paid into a banking account shall be forwarded to the stock owner.
39. If a request in accordance with Form 26 is made by the owner, or, in the case of a joint account, by the owner whose name is first inscribed, interest warrants may be transmitted by post by the Registrar to any other person, a specimen of whose signature shall be supplied to the Registrar.
40. All interest warrants will be drawn to order, and must be signed by the payee before payment.
41. In the absence of any notification to the contrary, it will be taken for granted that interest warrants sent by post have duly reached their destinations. When they are not received on the correct day, notice should be sent to the Registrar without delay.
42. Unless withdrawn by written request, instructions to transmit warrants by post, or to pay to credit of account in a bank, will remain in force, although the stock may have been added to, or a part sold.
43. (1) Any change of address of the person to whom the warrants are sent should be notified at once to the Registrar.
(2) When any such notification (which should contain the name and amount of the stock) reaches the Registrar less than three clear days before the next interest is due, the Registrar cannot undertake to record it until after the payment of the next interest.
44. Interest on stock inscribed in the name of an infant, or in the name of a person of unsound mind, jointly with others not under legal disability, may be paid as directed by the owners, other than those under
a disability, in such account, and without the concurrence of the infant or person of unsound mind, upon sufficient proof of legal disability being lodged with the Registrar.
45. If interest is payable to a bank account, or to a person other than the owner, or other than the first-named owner in a joint account, a note is to be made in the “Remarks” column of the Stock Ledger.
46. All authorities for the payment of interest are to be filed by the Registrar.
Issue of Bonds in Exchange for Stock.
47. (1) Upon application in accordance with Form 27 for the issue of bonds in exchange for stock, the Registrar shall debit the account concerned in the Stock Ledger, and issue bonds of the same currency and rate of interest, and for the amount of stock debited.
(2) A receipt for the bonds, if handed over at the Registry, shall be given at foot of the application.
48. Before handing over the bonds the Registrar shall cause
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