{"id":"C1943L00274","name":"Black Marketing Regulations","slug":"black-marketing-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"274 of 1943","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22919,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1943L00274-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Black Marketing Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1943\\. No. 274.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE BLACK MARKETING ACT 1942.\\*\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 Black Marketing Act 1942.\n\nDated this third of November, 1943.\n\n![Signature of the Governor-General](image.001.jpeg)\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of the Attorney-General](image.002.jpeg)\n\nAttorney-General\n\nBlack Marketing Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Black Marketing Regulations.\n\nDeclaration of unlawful retention of licences, &c., to be black marketing.\n\n2. It is hereby declared to be black marketing for any person to retain in his possession, without lawful authority, any licence, ration ticket, ration document or ration coupon issued, or any licence form, ration ticket, ration document or ration coupon authorized by an authority of the Commonwealth to be issued, under the Regulations.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,1943.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n4626.—Price 3d. 25/9.9.1943.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1224},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original wartime purpose of criminalizing the unauthorized retention of rationing documents."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","No defined terms section","Simple declarative structure with single offence provision","Minimal cross-referencing (only to parent Act and generic 'Regulations')"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\nThese regulations make it a crime to hang onto rationing documents—like food coupons, petrol licences, or ration tickets—without legal permission during World War II.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nAnyone in possession of ration documents issued by the Commonwealth government.\n\n**The key rule:**\nIf you keep a licence, ration ticket, ration document, or ration coupon (or blank forms for these) without **lawful authority**, you are engaging in \"black marketing\" under the Black Marketing Act 1942.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nDuring WWII, Australia strictly rationed goods like food, fuel, and clothing to support the war effort. These regulations were designed to stop people from hoarding ration coupons or trading them illegally on the black market, ensuring fair distribution of scarce resources."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/black-marketing-regulations","history":"/api/acts/black-marketing-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/black-marketing-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/black-marketing-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/black-marketing-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/black-marketing-regulations/documents"}}