{"id":"C1941L00070","name":"National Security (Local Security Officers) Regulations","slug":"c1941l00070","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"70 of 1941","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320338,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1941L00070-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Local Security Officers) Regulations","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nSTATUTORY RULES.\n\n1941. No. 70.\n\n––––––\n\nREGULATION 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 Regulation under the National Security Act 1939-1940.\n\nDated this   twenty sixth\n\nday  March     , 1941.\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n(Sgd.) W. H. HUGHES\n\nfor and on behalf of Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.\n\n––––\n\nRepeal of National Security (Local Security Officers) Regulations.†\n\nThe National Security (Local Security Officers) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1940, No. 164) are repealed.\n\n* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1940, No. 164.\n\n \n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1428.—15/6.3.1941.—PRice 3d.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1766},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a pure repeal instrument with a narrow, specific purpose. It does not expand the regulatory framework or grow beyond its original intent; it simply excises the previous regulations from the statute book."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting solely of a repeal clause","No definitions, interpretation section, or defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural machinery","Only cross-reference is the citation of the repealed instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation is a single-sentence \"delete button\" for earlier wartime rules. It **cancels (repeals)** the *National Security (Local Security Officers) Regulations* made in 1940, which had created a corps of local security officers during World War II—essentially officials responsible for civil defence, internal security, and community-level vigilance. \n\n**What it does:**\n* Removes the entire 1940 regulatory framework from the statute book.\n* Does **not** introduce any replacement rules or new powers.\n* Leaves a blank space where the old rules used to be (presumably so the government could reorganise security under different legislation or administrative structures).\n\n**Who it affects:**\nAnyone who was appointed as a Local Security Officer under the 1940 rules, and any members of the public who had obligations toward those officers. After this repeal, those specific roles and duties no longer exist under this particular law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1941l00070","history":"/api/acts/c1941l00070/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1941l00070/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1941l00070/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1941l00070/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1941l00070/documents"}}