{"id":"C1913L00299","name":"Maternity Allowance Regulations","slug":"c1913l00299","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"299 of 1913","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320177,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1913L00299-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maternity Allowance Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1913\\. No. 299.\n\n\\_\\_\n\nREGULATION 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 make the following Regulation under the Maternity Allowance Act 1912 to come into operation forthwith. Such Regulation shall supersede the Provisional Regulation (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 225) under the said Act made on the 20th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.\n\nDated this 18th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.\n\nDENMAN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJOHN FORREST,\n\nTreasurer.\n\nAll persons now or hereafter authorized to register births under State laws 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, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.15807.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1635},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation implements the original administrative framework envisioned by the Maternity Allowance Act 1912. While it supersedes an earlier provisional regulation, it maintains the same scope: authorizing state birth registrars to act for Commonwealth purposes without expanding beyond the Act's original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation (beyond reference to parent Act)","Extremely short (under 200 words of substantive content)"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1913 regulation sets up the paperwork system for Australia's first national maternity allowance—a payment to support mothers after childbirth.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe regulation appoints existing state birth registrars (the officials who already record births under state laws) to also act as \"Commonwealth Registrars\" for the maternity allowance scheme. This means the same person who registers a baby's birth under state law can also process the federal maternity payment claim.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nRather than building a separate federal bureaucracy to handle birth registrations for the allowance, the government used the existing state infrastructure. This saved money and meant new mothers only had to deal with one official to both register the birth and claim their payment.\n\n**Context:**\nThis replaced an earlier temporary (provisional) regulation from 1912, but kept the same practical approach of delegating authority to state officials."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1913l00299","history":"/api/acts/c1913l00299/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1913l00299/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1913l00299/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1913l00299/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1913l00299/documents"}}