{"id":"C2004L04219","name":"Consular Privileges and Immunities (Commonwealth Countries) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"265 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27148,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04219-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consular Privileges and Immunities (Commonwealth Countries) Regulations (Repeal)","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 \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1048\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)Statutory Rules 1985 No. 2651\n\n \n\n![](image.002.png) ![](image.003.png)\n\n \n\nConsular Privileges and Immunities\n\n(Commonwealth Countries) Regulations\n\n(Repeal)\n\nI, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under .the Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972.              .\n\nDated 11 October 1985.\n\nJ. A. ROWLAND Administrator\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nGARETH EVANS\n\nMinister of State for Resources\n\nand Energy for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs\n\n![](image.004.png)  \n\n\n \n\nRepeal\n\nStatutory Rules 1973 No. 278 are repealed.\n\n![](image.005.png)  \n\n\n \n\nNOTE\n\nI. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 October 1985.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1670},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs exactly its intended function: repealing the 1973 Regulations. It has not expanded, altered, or grown beyond this straightforward cancellation purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (one sentence)","No definitions, interpretation clauses, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested structures","Minimal cross-referencing (only citing the repealed instrument number)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation is a legislative delete button. It **cancels the 1973 Consular Privileges and Immunities (Commonwealth Countries) Regulations** in their entirety.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The 1973 rules had granted special legal protections (privileges and immunities) to consular officials from Commonwealth countries—things like tax exemptions and immunity from certain lawsuits.\n- This 1985 instrument wipes those rules off the books.\n- **Why?** Likely because Australia updated its consular arrangements, possibly extending the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to Commonwealth countries instead of having separate bilateral-style rules.\n\nThe entire law is one sentence: *\"Statutory Rules 1973 No. 278 are repealed.\"*"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/consular-privileges-and-immunities-commonwealth-countries-regulations-repeal/documents"}}