{"id":"C1950L00052","name":"National Security (Food Control) Regulations","slug":"c1950l00052","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"52 of 1950","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320586,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1950L00052-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Food Control) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1950\\. No. .\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1946-1949.\\*\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 Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1949.\n\nDated this thirty-first day of August, 1950.\n\nW. J. McKell\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of John McEwen, Minister of State for Commerce and Agriculture.](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Commerce and Agriculture.\n\nRepeal of the National Security (Food Control) Regulations.†\n\nRepeal.\n\nThe National Security (Food Control) Regulations are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.\n\n† Being the Regulations having that title as in force under the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1949. The Regulations under the National Security Act 1939-1946 having the corresponding title were Statutory Rules 1943, No. 165, as amended by Statutory Rules 1944, Nos. 36 and 86; and 1945, Nos. 47 and 204. Those Regulations were amended by the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946 and were continued in force by virtue of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1949.\n\nBy Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n4000.—Price 3d. 9/26.7.1950.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1616},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function stated in its preamble and title — repealing the Food Control Regulations. There is no expansion beyond this specific repeal purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No defined terms, cross-references, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Purely a repeal instrument with no substantive regulatory content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\nThis regulation **completely abolishes the National Security (Food Control) Regulations** — a set of wartime rules created during World War II that controlled how food was produced, distributed, and sold in Australia.\n\n**Who it affects**\nAnyone still bound by the old food control rules (businesses, farmers, food distributors) was immediately released from those obligations once this regulation took effect.\n\n**Why it matters**\nMade in 1950, this was a post-war \"cleanup\" measure. It removed emergency powers that were created as temporary wartime measures but were no longer necessary once the war ended. Rather than creating new rules, this instrument simply deletes old ones."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1950l00052","history":"/api/acts/c1950l00052/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1950l00052/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1950l00052/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1950l00052/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1950l00052/documents"}}