{"id":"C1978L00279","name":"Defence Force (Darwin) (Temporary Conditions of Service) Regulations","slug":"c1978l00279","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"279 of 1978","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320883,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1978L00279-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Force (Darwin) (Temporary Conditions of Service) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1978 No. 279\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903, THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910 AND THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.\n\nDated this twenty-second day of December 1978.\n\nZELMAN COWEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. E. McLEAY\n\nMinister of State for Administrative Services\n\nfor and on behalf of the\n\nMinister of State for Defence\n\nREPEAL OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (DARWIN) (TEMPORARY CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) REGULATIONS\n\nRepeal of Defence Force (Darwin) (Temporary Conditions of Service) Regulations\n\nStatutory Rules 1976 No. 127 are repealed.\n\n\\*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 December 1978.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1374},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs its sole intended function of repealing the 1976 Regulations. As a temporary measure from inception (evident in the title), this sunset/repeal function represents the complete and original scope of the instrument with no expansion beyond the removal of the temporary conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (only repeals one previous instrument)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to substantive legal provisions beyond the citation of the repealed regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **cancels the special temporary working conditions** for Australian Defence Force personnel that were established for Darwin in 1976.\n\n**What it does**\n- Repeals (abolishes) the Defence Force (Darwin) (Temporary Conditions of Service) Regulations 1976\n- Removes any special or temporary service conditions that applied specifically to Defence members serving in Darwin\n- Returns conditions of service to the standard rules under the Defence Act and related legislation\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Australian Defence Force members who were serving in Darwin under the temporary conditions set in 1976\n- Defence administrators managing pay, leave, or service conditions\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis is a \"sunset\" provision that tidies up emergency or temporary measures. Since the regulations were always intended to be temporary (as stated in the title), this instrument formally ends them when they are no longer needed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1978l00279","history":"/api/acts/c1978l00279/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1978l00279/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1978l00279/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1978l00279/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1978l00279/documents"}}