Commonwealth legislation

National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations (Amendment)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

44 of 1940

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This law gives the Australian government extra wartime powers to restrict the movement of foreign nationals (referred to as "aliens" — meaning non-citizens, not extraterrestrials).

Specifically, it amends Regulation 18 of the existing National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations to allow the Minister to:

Impose additional restrictions on where aliens can go and how they move around
Specifically restrict aliens from travelling by air (a new provision for 1940, reflecting the growing importance of aircraft in World War II)

This builds upon existing powers by explicitly adding air travel controls to the list of restrictions the government can place on foreign nationals deemed a security risk.

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National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 44.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939.*

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 National Security Act 1939.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of February, 1940.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ROBERT G. MENZIES

Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

Amendment of National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.†

Regulation 18 of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “order” the words “impose restrictions (in addition to those imposed by these Regulations) upon aliens, or upon any class of aliens, in relation to their movements, and, in particular, impose restrictions in relation to travelling by air, or”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th February, 1940.

† Statutory Rules 1939, No. 88, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, No. 95.

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

1261.—Price 3d.

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