{"id":"C1959L00041","name":"Air Force (Canteens) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"41 of 1959","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23762,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1959L00041-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Air Force (Canteens) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1959\\. No. 41.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1956.\\*\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 Air Force Act 1923-1956.\n\nDated this 15th day of June, 1959.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nSgd. F.M. Osborne\n\nMinister of State for Air.\n\nREPEAL OF THE AIR FORCE (CANTEENS) REGULATIONS.\n\nCommencement.\n\n1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of July, 1959.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The Air Force (Canteens) Regulations, being Statutory Rules 1957, No. 48, are repealed.\n\nAssets and liabilities.\n\n3. The assets and liabilities of the Royal Australian Air Force Canteens Service Board shall, upon the repeal of the Regulations referred to in the last preceding regulation become assets and liabilities of the Australian Services Canteens Organization Board of Management constituted by the Australian Services Canteens Organization Regulations in accordance with the provisions of those Regulations.\n\nCommittee of trustees to apply moneys held at the date of commencement of these Regulations.\n\n4. Where moneys are, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, held by a committee of trustees by virtue of regulation 21 of the Air Force (Canteens) Regulations, those moneys shall be applied for the object and in the manner approved by the Minister for the purposes of that regulation.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 25th June, 1959.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n3916/59.—Price 3d. 10/30.5.1959.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1769},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs the exact repeal and administrative consolidation described in its title and preamble, with no expansion beyond the stated purpose of abolishing the Air Force-specific canteen regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative provisions","No interpretation section or defined terms","Single cross-reference to repealed 1957 Regulations","Straightforward asset transfer with no conditions or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **repeals** the 1957 Air Force (Canteens) Regulations and transfers control of Air Force canteens to a joint services body.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Abolishes** the separate rules governing Royal Australian Air Force canteens, effective 1 July 1959.\n- **Transfers** all assets, money, and debts from the old Air Force Canteens Service Board to the Australian Services Canteens Organization Board of Management (which runs canteens for all armed services under different regulations).\n- **Protects trust funds** – any money held by trustee committees under the old rules must still be used for its original purpose, but only as approved by the Minister for Air.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is an administrative consolidation that folds Air Force canteens into a unified defence canteen system, eliminating duplicate management structures while ensuring existing trust obligations are honoured."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/air-force-canteens-regulations-repeal/documents"}}