{"id":"C1963L00027","name":"Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"c1963l00027","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"27 of 1963","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380671,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1963L00027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1963\\. No. 27.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1960.\\*\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 Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1960.\n\nDated this fifteenth day of March, 1963.\n\nDE L’ISLE\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nDenham Henty\n\nMinister of State for Customs and Excise.\n\nAmendments of the Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations.†\n\nConstitution of Board.\n\n1. Regulation 3 of the Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “ item 5a of the Second Schedule to ” and inserting in their stead the words “ regulation 4a of ”.\n\nAppeal Board.\n\n2. Regulation 12 of the Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “ item 5a of the Second Schedule to ” and inserting in their stead the words “ regulation 4a of ”.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 21st March, 1963.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1937, No. 72, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 75; 1956, No. 92; 1960, No. 50; and 1962, No 83.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n11416/62.—Price 3d. 10/17.12.1962.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1345},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment performs a purely mechanical update of cross-references (replacing references to 'item 5a of the Second Schedule' with 'regulation 4a'). It does not expand, restrict, or alter the substantive scope of the literature censorship regime, the powers of the Board, or the rights of appeal."},"complexity_factors":["Only two identical textual substitutions across the entire instrument","No defined terms, interpretation clauses, or schedules","No operational, conditional, or substantive provisions","Straightforward update of internal cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical housekeeping amendment to Australia's book censorship rules. It simply swaps out two outdated cross-references in the **Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations**, changing the phrase *\"item 5a of the Second Schedule to\"* to *\"regulation 4a of\"* in two places:\n\n* **Regulation 3** (how the Literature Censorship Board is constituted)\n* **Regulation 12(4)** (how the Appeal Board is constituted)\n\nThink of it as updating a page number in a table of contents after the chapters got reorganised. The amendment does **not** change what material can be banned, who can appeal, or how the censorship system works—it just ensures the regulations correctly point to the right provisions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1963l00027","history":"/api/acts/c1963l00027/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1963l00027/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1963l00027/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1963l00027/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1963l00027/documents"}}