STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 324.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–1916.

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 War Precautions Act 1914–1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1916.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. M. HUGHES,

for Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of War Precautions (moratorium) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 284.)

1. Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Moratorium) Regulations is amended by omitting therefrom the word “trading”.

2. Regulation 7 of the War Precautions (Moratorium) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “mortgage” the words “for a specific amount”.

3 Regulation 11 of the War Precautions (Moratorium) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (d) thereof the words “without interest granted by a Starr-Bowkett Society” and inserting in their stead the words “granted by a registered building society”.

Relief in certain cases of non-payment of rent

4. After Regulation 11 of the War Precautions (Moratorium) Regulations the following Regulation is inserted:—

“11a. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding Regulation, if, for the purpose of legislation enacted in consequence of the war, restrictions are placed upon the marketing of any produce, and the producer is thereby rendered unable to meet, out of the proceeds of the land, any payment of rent falling due, or which has since the fifth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, fallen due, upon any land used by him for the purpose of or in connexion with the production of the produce the right of the lessor to recover the rent or possession of the land, notwithstanding that proceedings may have been commenced prior to the commencement of this Regulation, shall be postponed until with respect to any specified period the producer has received the proceeds of his produce, or until, with respect to that particular class of produce, the Attorney-General by notice published in the Gazette declares that as regards that specified period the producers have received a substantial part of the proceeds of their produce, whichever first happens.

“(2) Where any payment of rent is postponed in accordance with this Regulation, interest at the rate of five per centum per annum shall be payable by the producer to the lessor in respect of the period of postponement.”

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