{"id":"C1952L00113","name":"National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations","slug":"c1952l00113","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"113 of 1952","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320613,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1952L00113-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Maritime Industry) 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\n1952. No. .\n\n \n\nREGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1946-1951.*\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 1946-1951.\n\nDated this nineteenth day of December, 1952.\n\nW. J. McKell\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of Minister for Labour and National Service](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Labour and National Service.\n\n \n\nRepeal of the National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations.\n\nRepeal.\n\nStatutory Rules 1942, Nos. 2, 12, 68, 82, 300 and 452; Statutory Rules 1945, No. 1; and Statutory Rules 1948, No. 7 are repealed.\n\n \n\n* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1952.\n\n \n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n5086.—Price 3d. 10/8.12.1952.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2002},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited function stated in its title: repealing the specified wartime regulations. There is no expansion of scope or legislative creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting only of a repeal","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions or cross-references","Straightforward list of statutory rules to be repealed by citation number"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1952 regulation is a **post-war “housekeeping” measure** that formally cancels (repeals) eight earlier sets of **National Security (Maritime Industry) Regulations** made during World War II and immediately after.\n\n**What it does**\n*   Repeals Statutory Rules from 1942, 1945 and 1948 that originally imposed wartime security controls on Australian ports, shipping and maritime workers.\n*   Cleans up the statute book by removing emergency powers that were no longer needed once peacetime conditions returned.\n\n**Who it affects**\n*   The maritime industry (ports, shipping companies, seafarers), though by 1952 these wartime restrictions were likely already obsolete or superseded by other laws.\n\n**Why it matters**\n*   It marks the final winding-down of WWII emergency powers over the maritime sector under the *Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act*, returning regulatory control to normal peacetime legislation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1952l00113","history":"/api/acts/c1952l00113/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1952l00113/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1952l00113/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1952l00113/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1952l00113/documents"}}