National Security (Regulations Revision) Regulations (No. 4)

STATUTORY RULES.

1945. No. 47.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1943.*

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 National Security Act 1939-1943.

Dated this eighteenth day of April, 1945.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

JOHN A. BEASLEY

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.

National Security (Regulations Revision) Regulations (No. 4).

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Regulations Revision) Regulations (No. 4).

Administration.

2. These Regulations shall be administered by the Attorney-General.

3. The National Security (Supplementary) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:—

Persons entering or inspecting premises, &c., to be authorized in writing.

“133.—(1.) Where, by or under any regulation made under the National Security Act 1939, or under that Act as amended, a person is authorized (whether generally or specifically) to enter or inspect any land or premises or any article on the land or in the premises, he shall not enter or inspect any land or premises or article in pursuance of that authority, unless he is in possession of a document evidencing that authority, and he shall, on demand by the person occupying or in charge of the land or premises, produce the document to that person before commencing, or proceeding further with, the entry or inspection.

“(2.) In this regulation, ‘article’ includes any substance whatsoever and any animal, bird or other animate thing.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18th April, 1945.

6298.—Price 5d.

Particular provisions as to inspection, search, seizure, &c.

4. The Regulations specified in the first column of the First Schedule to these Regulations are amended as respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule.

Powers of entry and inspection, search or seizure in Orders.

5.—(1.) Any power of entry, inspection, search or seizure conferred by or under any order under any regulation made under the National Security Act 1939, or under that Act as amended, shall, by force of this regulation, be of no force or effect.

(2.) Regulation 59 of the National Security (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “, including, in particular, the entering and inspection of premises to which the order relates by persons authorized in that behalf by a Minister, with a view to securing compliance with the order”; and

(b) by inserting, after sub-regulation (1.), the following sub-regulations :—

‘‘(1a.) If it appears to a Minister to be necessary, in the interests of the public safety, the defence of the Commonwealth or the efficient prosecution of the war, to authorize the inspection of any undertaking or of undertakings included in any class of undertakings—

(a) for the purpose of enabling that Minister to exercise any of the powers conferred on him by or under this regulation, or to determine whether, and, if so, in what manner, any of those powers should be exercised;

(b) for the purpose of securing compliance with any order made under this regulation by that Minister or with any direction or requirement consent or licence under any such order;

(c) for the purpose of verifying any information furnished to that Minister; or

(d) for the purpose of securing that the work carried on by the undertaking or undertakings is performed in such manner as that Minister considers best calculated to promote these interests,

he may issue a warrant in writing to any person named in the warrant (in this regulation referred to as an “inspector”) authorizing him, together with such assistants as he considers necessary, to enter and inspect the undertaking or undertakings of the class specified in the warrant.

“(1b.) An inspector and his assistants may, on production of the warrant issued to him, enter any premises used or appropriated for the purposes of any undertaking to which the warrant relates and may inspect those premises and any articles found in the premises and may require any person carrying on the undertaking or

employed in connexion with the undertaking to produce such books, documents, accounts or records, and to furnish such information, relating to the undertaking, as are specified, or described in general terms, in the warrant, and may take such samples and carry out such tests as are so specified or described.

“(lc.) An inspector or his assistants may make such copies of, or extracts from, any books, documents, accounts or records produced to or inspected by him as he considers necessary for the information of the Minister who issued the warrant and may seize any article which he believes to be evidence of the commission of an offence against the Act.”.

Aliens.

6.—(1.) The National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations are amended—

(a) by inserting after regulation 1 the following regulation:—

Administration.

“1a. These Regulations shall be administered by the Attorney-General.”; and

(b) by omitting from regulations 19 and 21 the words “Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination” and inserting in their stead the word “Attorney-General”.

(2.) The National Security (Allied Forces) Regulations are amended by omitting from regulation 2 the words “Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination” and inserting in their stead the word “Attorney-General”.

(3.) The National Security (Change of Name) Regulations are amended—

(a) by inserting after regulation l the following regulation:—

Administration.

“1a. These Regulations shall be administered by the Attorney-General.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (l.) of regulation 3 the words “Minister of State for the Army” and inserting in their stead the word “Attorney-General”; and

(c) by inserting in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 3, after the words “shall not”, the words “, without the consent in writing of the Attorney-General,”.

Amendment of provisions to answers given orally under compulsion.

7. The Regulations specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations are amended as respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule.

Miscellaneous amendments or repeals.

8.—(l.) The regulations specified in the first column of the Third Schedule to these Regulations are amended or repealed as respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule.

(2.) Notwithstanding the repeal of regulation 5 of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations by this regulation, any suspension or cancellation effected under the regulation so repealed shall remain in force so long as the National Security Act 1939-1943 remains in force or until the committee of the club or association sooner determines.

THE SCHEDULES.

——

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

Regulation 4.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

Regulation 7.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Regulation 8.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.28%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulations.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Amendments and Repeals.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="8" style="width:45.28%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations</span></p><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Aluminium, Copper and Tool Steel) Regulations</span></p><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Civil Constructional Corps Compensation) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 14</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">a—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit the regulation</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Repeal the whole</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 4—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:63.25pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit from the definition of </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">The management” the words </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Allied Works appointed under the National Security (Allied Works) Regulations</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Works</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 52—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:88.55pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit sub-regulation (3.), insert the following sub-regulations :—</span></p><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(3.) In any proceedings in respect of a contravention of paragraph (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">, </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">c</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) or (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">d</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, it shall be a defence to prove that the defendant believed, on reasonable grounds, that the statement or document, as the case may be, was not false or misleading.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:63.25pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(4.) In any proceedings in respect of a contravention of paragraph (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">b</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, it shall be a defence to prove that the defendant believed, on reasonable grounds, that the compensation, benefit or instalment was payable.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.28%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Civil Defence Workers</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">’</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> Compensation) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 58—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit from sub-regulation (3.) </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">of this regulation”,</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">insert, of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation”.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.28%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Evidence) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 18—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">regulation</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> (last occurring), insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">order</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.28%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Food Control) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 10—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:37.95pt"><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">, but no such order shall be invalid on the ground only that it has not been so published</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.28%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (General) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.72%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 31—</span></p><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit from sub-regulation (3.) </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">or his known character as proved,</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 31A—</span></p><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit sub-regulation (6.)</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 42—</span></p><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit sub-regulation (1.), insert the following sub-regulations :—</span></p><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(1.) A person shall not—</span></p><p style="margin-left:72pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">endeavour, by means of any false statement, false document or false report, to influence public opinion (whether in Australia or elsewhere) in a manner likely to be prejudicial to the defence of the Commonwealth or the efficient prosecution of the war; or</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

The Third Schedule-continued.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulations.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Amendments and Repeals.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:51.35pt"><td rowspan="10" style="width:45.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (General) Regulations—</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">continued.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:72pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">b</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) do any act or have any article in his possession with a view to making or facilitating the making of any such endeavour.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(1</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.) It shall be a defence to any prosecution in respect of a contravention of this regulation to prove that the person by whom the contravention is alleged to have been committed had reasonable cause to believe and did in fact believe that the statement, document or report in question was true.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 50—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">the</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> regulation.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 71—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">Omit</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> from sub-regulation (1.) “authority”, insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minister</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:10pt">Omit</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> sub-regulation (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">1aa</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.), insert following sub-regulation :—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“(1aa</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.) In any prosecution for a contravention of the last preceding sub-regulation in respect of a failure to furnish information or to produce an article in accordance with a requirement by the Minister or other person, a certificate, in writing, signed by the Minister or the person who made the requirement, certifying that, at the time of making the requirement, the Minister or that person, as the case may be, considered it necessary or expedient in the interests of the public safety, the defence of the Commonwealth or the efficient prosecution of the war to obtain the information or examine the article, shall be </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">prima facie </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">evidence of the matters contained in the certificate.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit from sub-regulation (2.) </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">authorized in that behalf by a Minister</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">, insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">thereto authorized in writing by a Minister personally</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Insert in that sub-regulation, after </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">papers</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">, </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">mentioned or described in the authority”.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.9%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Internal Combustion Engines) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 12—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">, but no such order shall be invalid on the ground only that it has not been so published.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.9%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Prices) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 32</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">a—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.9%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit from sub-regulation (6.) the word “it” and insert in its stead the words </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">a copy of the paper containing the averment</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Add at the end thereof the following sub-regulations :—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(7.) Service of a copy of the paper containing the averment may be proved in the same manner as service of the process requiring the defendant</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">’</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">s attendance before the Court may be proved.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

The Third Schedule—continued.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulations.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Amendments and Repeals.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:45.44%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Prices) Regulations </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">—continued.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.56%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(8.) Upon the hearing of any information or complaint in respect of a contravention or failure to comply with any provision of these Regulations or with any order made in pursuance of any such regulation, the Court may, if the amendments can be made without hardship or injustice to the defendant, allow such amendments to be made in the writing containing an averment as appears to it to be desirable or to be necessary to enable the real question in dispute to be determined.</span></p><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(9.) If in any such case the Court considers the defendant has been misled by the form of the averment, it may refuse to allow the amendments adjourn the hearing of the case for such period as it thinks fit and may make such order as to the costs of the adjournment as it thinks proper.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="5" style="width:45.44%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Shipping Co-ordination) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 119—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">suspects or has reason to believe”, insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">is satisfied that there are grounds for suspecting</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">may be found”, insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">is, without lawful excuse,</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">who he has reasonable grounds to believe has recently left, or to be”, insert </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">as to whom he is satisfied that there are grounds for suspecting that he has recently left or is</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">‘‘</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">or the possession of which gives rise to a suspicion that such contravention is about to be committed</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.44%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Stock Dispersal) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Repeal the whole</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="5" style="width:45.44%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Supplementary) Regulations</span></p></td><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 5—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit the regulation</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 15—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit the regulation, insert the following regulation in its stead :—</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">Acceptance of office of Commonwealth Coal Commissioner by Chairman of Repatriation Commission.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.56%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">15 Notwithstanding anything contained the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1920-1943, the person holding the office of Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, at the commencement of this regulation, shall not be deemed to have vacated the office of Chairman of the Repatriation Commission under that Act by reason of his having engaged in paid employment in the first-mentioned office and he shall be deemed to be, or to have been, at all times during his tenure of the first-mentioned office, on leave granted by the Governor-General in pursuance of that Act.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

The Third Schedule—continued.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulations.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Amendments and Repeals.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="6" style="width:45.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">National Security (Supplementary) Regulations—</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">continued.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulations 29 and 29</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">a—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.16%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit the regulations</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.16%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulation 67—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.16%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit sub-regulation (3.), insert the following sub-regulation :—</span></p><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">“</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(3.) For the purposes of proceedings under this regulation, a document purporting to be a certificate under the hand of the officer commanding a unit or detachment of any part of the Defence Force or of any other force referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation that a person named and described in the document was, at the time specified in the certificate, a member of the Forces or an absentee without leave, shall be </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">prima facie </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">evidence of the facts so certified without proof of the handwriting of the officer or of his command</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">”</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.16%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulations </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">68 </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">and 92—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:54.16%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit the Regulations</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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