{"id":"C1954L00097","name":"Defence (Labour Corps) Regulations","slug":"c1954l00097","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"97 of 1954","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320657,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1954L00097-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence (Labour Corps) 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\n1954. No. 97.\n\n––––––––––––\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1953.*\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 Act 1903-1953.\n\nDated this seventh day of September, 1954.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![C1954L00097.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for the Army.\n\n––––––\n\nRepeal of the Defence (Labour Corps) Regulations.\n\nStatutory Rules 1942, No. 44, are repealed.\n\n \n\n* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.\n\n \n\n \n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n3626.—Price 3d. 9/4.8.1954.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1330},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is a straightforward repeal statute with a singular purpose: to remove the 1942 Defence (Labour Corps) Regulations. Its scope has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one repeal clause","No definitions or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislative provisions except the citation of the repealed instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\nThis short 1954 regulation simply cancels (repeals) the earlier *Defence (Labour Corps) Regulations* from 1942.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nPrimarily affects the Australian Army and any remaining administrative structures related to the wartime Labour Corps—a civilian workforce that supported military operations during World War II.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a \"housekeeping\" measure to clean up old laws. The 1942 regulations created rules for a civilian labour force used during WWII for tasks like construction and logistics. By 1954, these wartime rules were obsolete, so this instrument formally removes them from the statute books to avoid confusion with current defence personnel laws."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1954l00097","history":"/api/acts/c1954l00097/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1954l00097/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1954l00097/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1954l00097/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1954l00097/documents"}}