{"id":"C1968L00024","name":"Navigation (Cinematograph Film) Regulations","slug":"c1968l00024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"24 of 1968","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380733,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1968L00024-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Navigation (Cinematograph Film) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1968 No. 24\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1967.\\*\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 Navigation Act 1912-1967.\n\nDated this twentieth day of March, 1968.\n\nCASEY\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n(Sgd.) Ian Sinclair\n\nMinister of State for Shipping and Transport.\n\nNAVIGATION (CINEMATOGRAPH FILM) REGULATIONS\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Cinematograph Film) Regulations.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The Navigation (Cinematograph Film) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1959, No. 43) are repealed.\n\nCellulose-nitrate-based film.\n\n3.—(1.) Where cellulose-nitrate-based film is used in cinematograph equipment on a ship registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade, the owner and master of the ship are each guilty of an offence against this sub-regulation.\n\n(2.) Where cellulose-nitrate-based film is used in cinematograph equipment on a ship (other than a ship referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation) while the ship is in a port in Australia, the owner, master and agent of the ship are each guilty of an offence against this sub-regulation.\n\n(3.) A person who is guilty of an offence against either of the last two preceding sub-regulations is liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding Two hundred dollars.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1968.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra\n\n7722/67—Price 5c","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2600},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations are a straightforward remake of the 1959 Navigation (Cinematograph Film) Regulations. They maintain the same core scope—banning nitrate film on ships for fire safety—with no expansion of covered vessels, parties, or film types. The repeal and re-enactment appears to be a standard legislative refresh, likely updating the penalty provision without altering the regulatory reach."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations containing a total of 3 subsections","No interpretation section or defined terms","Single, absolute prohibition without exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic","No cross-references to other legislative instruments beyond the repealed 1959 predecessor","Straightforward penalty provision with a fixed maximum amount"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations ban highly combustible cellulose‑nitrate movie film from being used in cinematograph equipment on ships to prevent catastrophic fires and toxic smoke aboard vessels. \n\nThey make ship owners and masters (and agents for foreign ships in Australian ports) legally responsible, with breaches punishable by fines up to $200 — a serious deterrent in 1968."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1968l00024","history":"/api/acts/c1968l00024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1968l00024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1968l00024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1968l00024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1968l00024/documents"}}