{"id":"C1976L00031","name":"Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations","slug":"c1976l00031","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"31 of 1976","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380928,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1976L00031-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1976 No. 31\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1975.*\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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1975.\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 Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations\n\nCommencement.\n\n1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 February 1976.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1969, No. 90) are repealed.\n\n* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 3 February 1976.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1510},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument has a single, explicit purpose: to repeal the 1969 Regulations. It has not expanded beyond this original intent and contains no substantive provisions about boards of inquiry themselves."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative provisions total (commencement date and repeal clause)","Zero defined terms","Zero conditional logic or exceptions","Single cross-reference (to the 1969 Regulations being repealed)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a brief \"housekeeping\" regulation that **cancels the previous Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations from 1969**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Commences** on 9 February 1976\n- **Repeals** (cancels) the entire 1969 Regulations\n\n**Important note:** This instrument **does not create new rules** for how Navy boards of inquiry should operate. It simply removes the old 1969 rules from the statute books. After this date, boards of inquiry would operate under the general powers of the *Naval Defence Act* itself or under any replacement regulations made later.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Australian Navy personnel who might be subject to formal inquiries\n- Military legal officers responsible for conducting investigations\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This clears out-of-date regulations, but leaves a temporary gap unless new regulations were immediately enacted (which would require separate legislation)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1976l00031","history":"/api/acts/c1976l00031/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1976l00031/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1976l00031/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1976l00031/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1976l00031/documents"}}