{"id":"C1942L00271","name":"National Security (Building Control) Regulations","slug":"c1942l00271","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"271 of 1942","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320394,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1942L00271-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Building Control) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1942\\. No. 271.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.\\*\n\nI, THE Deputy of 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 Nineteenth day of June, 1942.\n\n![Signature of Winston Dugan](image.001.jpeg)\n\nDeputy of the Governor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of J. B. Chifley](image.002.jpeg)\n\nfor and on behalf of the Minister of\n\nState for Defence.\n\nRepeal of the National Security (Building Control) Regulations and of Regulation 31 of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.\n\nRepeal of Building Control Regulations.\n\n1. The National Security (Building Control) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1941, No. 131, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, No. 221 and Statutory Rules 1942, No. 22) are repealed.\n\nRepeal of regulation 31 of Supplementary Regulations.\n\n2\\. Regulation 31 of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations is repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on June, 1942.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n4506.—Price 3d. 25/17.6.1942.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1629},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument eliminates the entire regulatory regime established by the 1941 Building Control Regulations, reducing the scope from active control of building activities to complete removal of those specific powers, rather than amending or updating the existing framework."},"complexity_factors":["Contains only repeal provisions (no substantive law)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operational rules","Straightforward citation of two instruments to be repealed"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations scrap earlier wartime rules that controlled building activities.\n\n**What it does**\n- Completely removes the *National Security (Building Control) Regulations* made in 1941 (which managed construction and building materials during World War II)\n- Also removes regulation 31 from the *National Security (Supplementary) Regulations*\n\n**Why it matters**\nDuring WWII, the government strictly controlled building work to save materials and labour for the war effort. This 1942 instrument effectively ends that specific regulatory scheme, likely because the emergency controls were no longer necessary or had been replaced by other measures.\n\n**Who it affects**\nAnyone involved in construction—builders, architects, and property owners—who had to comply with the earlier 1941 building restrictions would no longer be bound by those specific rules once this repeal took effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1942l00271","history":"/api/acts/c1942l00271/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1942l00271/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1942l00271/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1942l00271/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1942l00271/documents"}}