{"id":"C1929L00022","name":"Accommodation By-laws","slug":"accommodation-by-laws","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"22 of 1929","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21469,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1929L00022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accommodation By-laws","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n![](image.001.png)1929\\. No. 22.\n\nBY LAWS UNDER THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1924-1928.\n\nIN pursuance of the powers conferred upon it by section sixteen of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924-1928, the Federal Capital Commission hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following By-laws to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated the twenty-ninth day of November, 1928.\n\nThe Common Seal of the Federal Capital Commission was hereunto duly affixed in the presence of—\n\nJ. H. BUTTERS,\n\nChief Commissioner.\n\n(l.s.)\n\nC. S. DALEY,\n\nSecretary.\n\nApproved in Executive Council this twenty-seventh day of February, 1929.\n\nSTONEHAVEN\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nC. L. A. ABBOTT\n\n![](image.002.png)Minister of State for Home Affairs.\n\nAccommodation By-laws.\n\n1. These By-laws may be cited as the Accommodation By-laws.\n\n2. In these By-laws “ hotel ” includes boarding house and any place where board and lodging is provided for payment.\n\n3. (1) The proprietor, manager or person in charge of an hotel may serve upon any person occupying; any room or premises in or attached to the hotel a notice in writing calling upon him to vacate the room or premises within such time as is specified in the notice.\n\n(2) Any person failing to comply with any notice served upon him under this by-law shall be guilty of an offence.\n\nPenalty: Twenty pounds.\n\n4. Where a person refuses or fails to comply with a notice served on him under the last preceding by-law, an officer of police may remove the person and his effects from the room or premises referred to in the notice.\n\n![](image.002.png)By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n435.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2319},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be the original 1929 instrument. The scope remains tightly focused on the specific administrative need to regulate short-term accommodation providers in the Federal Capital Territory during the Federal Capital Commission's management era, without expansion into residential tenancy or broader property law."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with minimal text","Single defined term ('hotel') covering boarding houses","No external cross-references to other legislation","Linear structure without Parts, Divisions, or schedules","Simple binary offence provision (non-compliance = guilty) with fixed monetary penalty"],"plain_english_summary":"These 1929 by‑laws, made by the Federal Capital Commission for early Canberra, let hotel and boarding‑house operators serve a written notice ordering a guest to leave, make refusal a criminal offence punishable by a £20 fine, and authorise police to remove the person and belongings immediately after the notice expires. The rules created a summary eviction route that let proprietors bypass ordinary court tenancy procedures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/accommodation-by-laws","history":"/api/acts/accommodation-by-laws/history","analysis":"/api/acts/accommodation-by-laws/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/accommodation-by-laws/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/accommodation-by-laws/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/accommodation-by-laws/documents"}}