{"id":"C1928L00134","name":"Advisory Council Regulations","slug":"advisory-council-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"134 of 1928","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21460,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1928L00134-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Advisory Council Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1928\\. No. 134.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1926.\n\nI, 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 Northern Australia Act 1926 to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this eleventh day of December, 1928.\n\nSTONEHAVEN\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nC. L. A. ABBOTT\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs.\n\nAdvisory Council Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Advisory Council Regulations.\n\nVotings at meetings of Advisory Council.\n\n2.—(1.) At any meeting of the Advisory Council of North Australia or the Advisory Council of Central Australia each member present may vote on any question before the meeting.\n\n(2.) Where the members present are divided in opinion on any question, the opinion of the majority shall prevail.\n\n(3.) The Government Resident or other member acting as Chairman of the meeting shall have a deliberative, and, in the event of an equality of voting, a second or a casting vote.\n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n3167.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1869},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain narrowly focused on their original purpose of establishing voting procedures for Advisory Council meetings and have not expanded beyond this specific procedural scope."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (only two regulations with three subsections total)","No defined terms, interpretation section, or glossary","No cross-references to other legislation or internal sections","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Basic procedural content covering only voting mechanics"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** These regulations set out how voting works at meetings of the Advisory Councils for North Australia and Central Australia.\n\n**Who it affects:** Members of these two Advisory Councils (bodies established under the Northern Australia Act 1926 to advise on administration of the territories).\n\n**Key rules:**\n- **One person, one vote:** Every member at a meeting can vote on any question.\n- **Majority wins:** If members disagree, the opinion with the most votes prevails.\n- **Chair breaks ties:** The Government Resident (or whoever is chairing) gets a normal vote like everyone else. If votes are tied, they get a second \"casting vote\" (a tie-breaker) to decide the matter.\n\n**Why it matters:** These simple rules ensure the Advisory Councils can make clear decisions when they meet, avoiding deadlocks by giving the Chair a tie-breaking power."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/advisory-council-regulations","history":"/api/acts/advisory-council-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/advisory-council-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/advisory-council-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/advisory-council-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/advisory-council-regulations/documents"}}