{"id":"C1976L00022","name":"Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Existing Contributors) Regulations","slug":"c1976l00022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"22 of 1976","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380914,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1976L00022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Existing Contributors) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1976 No. 22\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1959-1968.\\*\n\nI, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1959-1968.\n\nDated this thirtieth day of January, 1976.\n\nA. R. CUTLER\n\nAdministrator.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nD. J. KILLEN\n\nMinister of State for Defence.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nRepeal of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Existing Contributors) Regulations\n\nCommencement.\n\n1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 February 1976.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Existing Contributors) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1960, No. 43; and Statutory Rules 1963, No. 38) are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 3 February 1976.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2894},"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"The provided text appears to be an incomplete fragment containing only preliminary provisions (commencement and repeal). It lacks the substantive provisions regarding defence force retirement benefits, eligibility criteria, or contributors' rights that would be expected in regulations of this title.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess scope changes from the provided fragment. While the instrument repeals earlier regulations, the absence of substantive provisions prevents comparison against the original regulatory intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only preliminary (machinery) provisions provided—commencement and repeal clauses only","No defined terms, interpretation sections, or substantive regulatory content in the extract","No conditional logic, cross-references, or operational provisions present in the provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations commenced on 9 February 1976 to repeal the previous Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Existing Contributors) Regulations from 1960 and 1963.\n\n**Critical limitation**: The provided text contains only the preliminary provisions (commencement and repeal). It does **not** include the substantive rules regarding:\n\n*   Who qualifies as an \"existing contributor\"\n*   How retirement benefits are calculated or paid\n*   Eligibility criteria or transitional arrangements\n\nWithout the complete regulatory text (including schedules or substantive clauses), the actual impact on defence force members' retirement benefits cannot be determined."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1976l00022","history":"/api/acts/c1976l00022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1976l00022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1976l00022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1976l00022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1976l00022/documents"}}