STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 112.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations 1918—Regulation 19—Amendment.

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 eighth day of May, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations 1918.—Amendment.

Regulation 19 of the War Precautions (Shipping) Regulations, which reads:—

“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.”

is amended to read as follows:—

“If the Minister of Customs by notice published in the Gazette so directs, no goods shall be shipped in the Commonwealth on board a vessel proceeding to a port beyond the Commonwealth unless a permit in writing of a Collector or Sub-Collector of Customs has first been obtained.”

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