{"id":"C1965L00114","name":"National Service (Committal to Custody) Regulations","slug":"c1965l00114","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"114 of 1965","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380708,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1965L00114-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Service (Committal to Custody) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1965 No. 114\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT 1951-1965.\\*\n\nI, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Service Act 1951-1965.\n\nDated this tenth day of August, 1965.\n\nHENRY ABEL SMITH\n\nAdministrator.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nWILLIAM McMAHON\n\nMinister of State for Labour and National Service.\n\nNational Service (Committal to Custody) Regulations\n\nCitation.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the National Service (Committal to Custody) Regulations.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2\\. The National Service (Committal to Custody) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1957, No. 28) are repealed.\n\nDefinition.\n\n3. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the National Service Act 1951-1965.\n\nPrescribed authorities.\n\n4. For the purposes of section 51 of the Act—\n\n(a) an officer for the time being performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at the headquarters of a Command; and\n\n(b) the commanding officer of a unit of the Military Forces in which national servicemen are rendering service under the Act,\n\nis a prescribed authority.\n\nPrescribed places.\n\n5\\. For the purposes of section 51 of the Act—\n\n(a) a detention barrack appointed under regulation 359 of the Australian Military Regulations;\n\n(b) a military corrective establishment appointed under that regulation;\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 19 August, 1965.\n\n6961/65.—Price 6d. 10/23.6.1965.\n\n  \n\n(c) an appointed place of detention specified in sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 360 of the Australian Military Regulations; and\n\n(d) a barrack detention room as defined in sub-regulation (2.) of that regulation,\n\nis a prescribed place.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1557},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This 1965 instrument (replacing the 1957 version) maintains a narrow, specific scope dealing only with the machinery of custody arrangements for national servicemen, consistent with its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short regulations total","Single defined term ('the Act')","Simple list structure with no conditional logic","External cross-references to Australian Military Regulations for facility definitions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** These regulations set out who can order national servicemen (conscripts) into military detention and where they can be held under the National Service Act.\n\n**Who has the power:** Two types of military officers can legally commit a national serviceman to custody:\n*   An officer acting as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at a Command headquarters; and\n*   The commanding officer of a military unit where national servicemen are currently serving.\n\n**Where they can be held:** The regulations specify four types of military detention facilities (as defined in the Australian Military Regulations):\n*   Detention barracks\n*   Military corrective establishments\n*   Officially appointed places of detention\n*   Barrack detention rooms\n\n**Why it matters:** During the era of compulsory military service (national service), these rules ensured that only specific, senior military personnel could legally order a conscript into detention, and that such detention could only occur in designated military facilities—not civilian prisons."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1965l00114","history":"/api/acts/c1965l00114/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1965l00114/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1965l00114/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1965l00114/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1965l00114/documents"}}