STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 5.

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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 tenth day of January, 1917.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

F. W. BAMFORD,

For Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment Of War Precautions (Prices) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, Nos. 155, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, Nos. 188 and 286.)

1. Regulation 2 of the War Precautions (Prices) Regulations is amended by inserting, after the definition of “Commissioner,” the following definition: —

“‘Chief Commissioner’ means the Chief Commissioner appointed under these Regulations.”

2. After Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Prices) Regulations, the following regulation is inserted: —

Chief Commissioner.

“3a––(1.) The Governor-General may, in lieu of appointing a Commonwealth Price Board, or where all the members of the Commonwealth Prices Board have ceased to hold office, appoint a Chief Commissioner who shall have, and may exercise, all the powers, duties and Functions conferred or imposed on the Board, or the Chairman of the Board, or a member of the Board, as the case may be.

“(2.) If a Chief Commissioner is so appointed, any reference in these Regulations, other than in Regulations five and ten, to the Board, or the Chairman of the Board, or a member of the Board, shall be read as a reference to the Chief Commissioner.”

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