STATUTORY RULES

1917. No. 263.

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REGULATION 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 Regulation, under the War Precautions Act 1914-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifth day of October, 1917.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 63.)

After Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations the following Regulation is added:—

Control of shipping.

“4.—(1) No acquisition of any ship, or of the property therein, or of the right to control the movement, use, control or disposal of any ship, made or purporting to be made by virtue of the power contained in any State Act, and no proclamation or instrument providing or purporting to provide for any such acquisition (whether made before or after the commencement of this Regulation) shall be of any force or effect unless and until the consent in writing thereto of the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth has been obtained.

“(2) This provision shall not apply to ships, solely engaged in plying or trading within the limits of any one State or between ports in any one State.”

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