STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 274.

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 ninth day of October, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of War Precautions (Companies, Firms and Businesses) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 49, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, No. 137, and by Statutory Rules 1917, Nos. 11, 35, 289, and 328.)

After regulation 5b of the War Precautions (Companies, Firms and Businesses) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Construction of tramways and public buildings.

“5ba. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm, company, society, club, association or organization, or any Public Department of a State, or any authority constituted under the law of a State, to undertake, without the written consent of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, the construction or erection of any—

(a) tramway or tramway building or office;

(b) market or market building;

(c) building to be used for a club, library, art gallery, school of art, mechanics’ institute, museum or exhibition of animals;

(d) hall or building to be owned or controlled by a friendly society or other society, association or organization;

(e) church or building to be owned or controlled by an organization connected with a church the cost of which exceeds one thousand pounds;

(f) building in which intoxicating liquors are to be sold; or

(g) additions or alterations, involving an expenditure exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds, to a work or building of any of the classes specified in this regulation.”.

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