{"id":"F2002B00335","name":"Crimes at Sea Regulations 2002","slug":"crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"327 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31150,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2002B00335-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crimes at Sea Regulations 2002","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nCrimes at Sea Regulations 2002\n\nStatutory Rules 2002 No. 3271\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Crimes at Sea Act 2000.\n\nDated 19 December 2002\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nCHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON\n\nMinister for Justice and Customs\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Crimes at Sea Regulations 2002.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on gazettal.\n\n3 Definition of East Timor\n\nFor paragraph (b) of the definition of East Timor in section 4 of the Crimes at Sea Act 2000, East Timor, following the cessation of the administration of UNTAET under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999 at New York, means:\n\n(a) when referred to in a geographical sense — the territory formerly so administered by UNTAET; and\n\n(b) when referred to as a body politic — the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.\n\nNote\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 2002.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1883},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation maintains its original narrow scope of providing definitional clarity for East Timor following its transition from UN administration to independence."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations total","Single definitional provision with straightforward binary distinction (geographic vs body politic)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or offence provisions","Only one cross-reference to the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This short regulation provides legal definitions for what **'East Timor'** means in the Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (the parent law). It clarifies two things:\n\n*   **Geographic meaning**: The territory that was formerly administered by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).\n*   **Political meaning**: The independent nation known as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.\n\n**Why this matters**: The parent Act deals with crimes committed at sea and needs to know which maritime areas and which government it applies to near East Timor. This regulation ensures Australian law kept pace with East Timor's change in status from a UN-administered territory to an independent country, ensuring Australian courts and police can properly handle criminal matters in waters adjacent to East Timor."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002","history":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/crimes-at-sea-regulations-2002/documents"}}