{"id":"C1913L00058","name":"Maternity Allowance Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"c1913l00058","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"58 of 1913","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320171,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1913L00058-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maternity Allowance Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1913\\. No. 58.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE MATERNITY ALLOWANCE ACT 1912.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Maternity Allowance Act 1912, should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.\n\nDated this twenty-first day of February, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.\n\nDENMAN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n(Signed) JOSIAH THOMAS,\n\nfor the Treasurer.\n\nAll persons now or hereafter authorized to register births in the Northern Territory shall be Commonwealth Registrars for the purpose of registering births in connexion with claims under the Maternity Allowance Act 1912.\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.2805.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2315},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation performs exactly the narrow administrative function intended by its enabling Act — urgently designating Northern Territory birth registrars to facilitate maternity allowance claims. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested requirements","Only cross-reference is to the enabling Act in the preamble","Total length under 150 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This short 1913 regulation closed a technical gap so Northern Territory birth officials could act as “Commonwealth Registrars” for the Maternity Allowance Act 1912. By clarifying who could register births for claims, it ensured NT mothers could receive the £5 maternity payment and not be excluded by administrative uncertainty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1913l00058","history":"/api/acts/c1913l00058/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1913l00058/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1913l00058/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1913l00058/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1913l00058/documents"}}