{"id":"C2004L04160","name":"Commonwealth Legal Aid Commission Regulations","slug":"commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"200 of 1980","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27144,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04160-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Legal Aid Commission Regulations","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1980 No. 200\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 19771\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Legal Aid Commission Act 1977.\n\n> Dated this seventeenth day of July 1980.\n\nZELMAN COWEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\n> By His Excellency’s Command,\n\nP. DURACK\n\nAttorney-General\n\nCommonwealth Legal Aid Commission Regulations\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Legal Aid Commission Regulations.\n\nAllowance for deputy of a Commissioner in respect of over-night stay\n\n2. A deputy of a Commissioner shall, in respect of his attendance at a meeting of the Commission, be paid an allowance of $72 for each night that he is necessarily absent from the place at which he normally resides.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 July 1980.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2108},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These are the original 1980 regulations and remain confined to their narrow administrative purpose of setting travel allowances for deputy attendance at Commission meetings. The scope has not expanded beyond this specific procedural matter."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations total (one citation, one substantive provision)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation or internal provisions","Single, straightforward condition (attendance at meeting + overnight absence)","Fixed monetary amount ($72) with no formulas, indices, or calculations"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these rules do**\n\nThese regulations set travel allowances for stand-in members (called 'deputies') of the Commonwealth Legal Aid Commission. If a deputy must stay overnight away from home to attend a Commission meeting, they receive an allowance of **$72 for each night** they are necessarily absent from their normal residence.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- **Deputy Commissioners**: People appointed to temporarily act in place of regular Commissioners\n- **The Commonwealth**: Which pays the allowance\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis ensures deputies aren't personally out-of-pocket for accommodation costs when travelling for official Commission business, removing a financial barrier to serving on the body that oversees legal aid services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-legal-aid-commission-regulations/documents"}}