{"id":"C2004L04807","name":"Governor-General Regulations","slug":"c2004l04807","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"467 of 1984","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":321063,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04807-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Governor-General Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1984 No. 4671\n\n–––––––\n\nGovernor-General Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Governor-General Act 1974.\n\nDated 21 December 1984.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJOHN N. BUTTON\n\nMinister of State for\n\nIndustry, Technology and Commerce\n\nfor and on behalf of the\n\nPrime Minister\n\n–––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Governor-General Regulations.\n\nRemuneration and allowances of Official Secretary\n\n2. For the purposes of sub-sections 8 (1) and (2) respectively of the Governor-General Act 1974, the following remuneration and allowances are prescribed, namely, the remuneration and allowances payable to a Level 3 officer in the Senior Executive Service of the Australian Public Service.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1984.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1533},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain precisely targeted at their original purpose: prescribing remuneration and allowances for the Official Secretary as authorised by sections 8(1) and (2) of the Governor-General Act 1974. There has been no scope creep or expansion beyond this specific administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations total","Single substantive provision with no conditional logic","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple external referencing (indexing to Public Service pay scales) without complex calculative formulas"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the salary and work-related allowances for the **Official Secretary to the Governor-General** (the Governor-General’s chief of staff, essentially). Rather than listing specific dollar amounts, the rules use a common legislative shortcut called **\"indexing\"**—they simply state that the Official Secretary must be paid the same as a **Level 3 Senior Executive Service (SES) officer** in the Australian Public Service.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n*   **Automatic updates:** When public service pay scales increase, the Official Secretary’s pay goes up automatically—no need to pass new regulations.\n*   **Covers everything:** Both the base salary (\"remuneration\") and expense payments (\"allowances\") are set by reference to that SES level.\n*   **Short and sweet:** At just two regulations long, this is about as streamlined as Commonwealth legislation gets."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c2004l04807","history":"/api/acts/c2004l04807/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c2004l04807/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c2004l04807/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c2004l04807/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c2004l04807/documents"}}