{"id":"C1976L00027","name":"Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Prescribed Contributors) (No. 2) Regulations","slug":"c1976l00027","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"27 of 1976","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380926,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1976L00027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Prescribed Contributors) (No. 2) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1976 No. 27\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1963-1968.\\*\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 1963-1968.\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 (Prescribed Contributors) (No. 2) Regulations\n\nCommencement.\n\n1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 February 1976.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Prescribed Contributors) (No. 2) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1964, No. 52; and Statutory Rules 1966, No. 41) are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 3 February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":2452},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation performs a straightforward repeal of earlier subsidiary legislation without expanding or altering the scope of the underlying Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act. It represents administrative housekeeping to remove obsolete rules rather than a policy change."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (only 2 operative provisions)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation","Single administrative action (repeal) with no substantive replacement rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short administrative regulation that cleans up the statute book by cancelling (repealing) outdated rules from 1964 and 1966.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Abolishes the *Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Prescribed Contributors) (No. 2) Regulations* made in 1964 and amended in 1966.\n*   Sets the cancellation date as 9 February 1976.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n*   Primarily affects former members of the Australian Defence Force who were \"prescribed contributors\" (a specific category of personnel who paid into a particular retirement benefits scheme) under the old 1964 regulations.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n*   This removes obsolete legal rules that are no longer needed, likely because the underlying retirement benefits scheme was restructured or the specific contributor category was phased out. It does not create new rules; it simply tidies up old ones."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1976l00027","history":"/api/acts/c1976l00027/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1976l00027/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1976l00027/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1976l00027/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1976l00027/documents"}}