STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 294.

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 November, 1917.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of the War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 63, as amended by Statutory Rules 1917, No. 245.)

The War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations are amended by inserting therein, after Regulation 2, the following Regulations:—

Goods not to be shipped without permit.

“2a. No person shall ship goods at any port of the Commonwealth unless a permit in writing of an officer of Customs has first been obtained.

Statutory declarations as to goods shipped.

2b. An officer of Customs may, in relation to any goods delivered for shipment, require the shipper and the supplier of the goods and any person who has been employed in connexion with the handling or packing of the goods, to furnish statutory declarations stating that the goods have been packed under efficient and trustworthy supervision.”

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