{"id":"C1940L00283","name":"National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"c1940l00283","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"283 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380503,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940L00283-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1940\\. No. 283.\n\n––––––\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.\\*\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 National Security Act 1939-1940.\n\nDated this twelfth day of December, 1940.\n\nGOWRIE\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nH. L. ANTHONY\n\nFor Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.\n\nAmendments of the National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations.†\n\nAustralian Apple and Pear Marketing Board.\n\n1. Regulation 4 of the National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “, an Executive Member”.\n\nExecutive Committee.\n\n2. Regulation 5c of the National Security (Apple and Pear Acquisition) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “, the Deputy Chairman and the Executive Member” and inserting in their stead the words “and the Deputy Chairman”.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 12th December, 1940.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1939, No. 148, as amended by Statutory Rules 1940, Nos. 13, 58, 60 and 276.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n7744.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2399},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment makes a minor internal administrative adjustment by eliminating a specific officer position from the Board and its Executive Committee. It does not expand the regulatory scheme beyond the original purpose of managing apple and pear acquisition."},"complexity_factors":["Only two brief amendments consisting of simple word deletions","Total text changes amount to less than one sentence","No defined terms, cross-references to other Acts, or conditional logic","No exceptions, schedules, or operative dates"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations remove the position of **Executive Member** from the Australian Apple and Pear Marketing Board.\n\nThe amendments make two administrative changes to the Board's structure:\n- **Regulation 4**: Removes the Executive Member from the Board's official membership\n- **Regulation 5c**: Limits the Executive Committee to just the Chairman and Deputy Chairman (removing the Executive Member from this smaller decision-making group)\n\nThe Board was responsible for acquiring and marketing apples and pears during the war. These changes simply streamline its internal management structure by eliminating one officer position."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1940l00283","history":"/api/acts/c1940l00283/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1940l00283/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1940l00283/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1940l00283/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1940l00283/documents"}}