{"id":"C1912L00153","name":"Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"c1912l00153","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"153 of 1912","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320143,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1912L00153-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1912\\. No 153.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT 1904-1911.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby certify that the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1911 should, on account of urgency, come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.\n\nDated the 18th day of July, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.\n\nDENMAN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES,\n\nAttorney-General.\n\nFEES TO CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF REFERENCE.\n\n1\\. (1) The Chairman of any Board of Reference, appointed under any award or order made in pursuance of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1912, shall be remunerated at the rate of Two guineas for each sitting of the Board, and shall be paid travelling expenses at the rate of Fifteen shillings per day and fares actually and properly paid by him.\n\n(2) Payment of remuneration and travelling expenses, including fares, shall be made only on the certificate of the Industrial Registrar.\n\n(3) Where the Chairman of a Board of Reference is a public servant of the Commonwealth, he shall, if his appointment has been approved by the Minister of the Department to which he belongs, be entitled to receive any payments payable under this Regulation to the same extent as the Chairman of a Board of Reference who is not a public servant.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.9221.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1729},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing remuneration and travel expenses for Board of Reference chairpersons, with no expansion into ancillary administrative matters or substantive changes to the arbitration system itself."},"complexity_factors":["Single regulation containing only three short subsections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple arithmetic calculation: flat rate per sitting plus standard travel allowance","Only one conditional exception (subsection 3 regarding public servants)","No cross-references to other provisions or complex legal machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes pay and travel allowances for the chair of a Board of Reference — the early industrial panels that settled employer–worker disputes. It pays two guineas per sitting, 15 shillings daily for expenses plus actual transport fares, requires the Industrial Registrar’s certification before payment, and allows Commonwealth public servants to claim only with their Minister’s approval. It ensures fair compensation with oversight to prevent improper claims."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1912l00153","history":"/api/acts/c1912l00153/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1912l00153/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1912l00153/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1912l00153/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1912l00153/documents"}}