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The War Precautions Act 1914 was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which gave the Government of Australia special powers for the duration of World War I and for six months afterwards. The Act was made pursuant to the defence power in Section 51(vi) of the Australian Constitution which empowers the federal Parliament to make laws with respect to ''the naval and military defence of the Commonwealth''. It has been held that during wartime, the scope of the federal Government's power expanded to meet the exigencies of wartime. This expansion allows the federal Government to overcome limits on its other powers and provided constitutional support for the ''War Precautions Act''. During peacetime, the federal Government's powers under the Constitution are limited to specified subject matters; other matters were within the power of the Australian States. Under the defence power, however, the federal government's power is very wide. ==Provisions== Under the ''War Precautions Act'', the federal Government could make regulations about anything that affected the war effort. This resulted in a dramatic increase in the range of federal regulations. The federal Government also began to exercise powers that it had possessed prior to the war but had chosen not to exercise. For example, it began to levy income tax, which had previously only been levied by the Australian States. The powers available to the federal Government under the Act were exercisable by regulation. This means that they did not need to be passed by Parliament in order to became law. Any document prepared by the relevant Minister and signed by the Governor-General became law. Many War Precautions Regulations were made in this way. Some of the activities carried out under the authority of the ''War Precautions Act'' include: * cancellation of commercial contracts with firms in enemy countries, * levying of an income tax, * issue of passports, * price fixing, * interning of "enemy aliens" and * censorship of publications and letters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「War Precautions Act 1914」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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