{"id":"C1967L00177","name":"Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"177 of 1967","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24267,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1967L00177-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1967 No. 177.\n\n–––––––––\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1967.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1967.\n\nDated this twenty-seventh day of December, 1967.\n\nCASEY\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n(Sgd.) KEN ANDERSON\n\nMinister of State for Customs and Excise.\n\n–––––––\n\nRepeal of the Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations\n\nCommencement.\n\n1\\. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January 1968.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2\\. The Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1937, No. 72, as amended by Statutory Rules 1949, No. 75; 1956, No. 92; 1960, No. 50; 1962, No. 83; 1963, No. 72; and 1965, No. 98) are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1967.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra\n\n17122/67—Price 5c 10/ 14.12.1967","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2112},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly what its title and preamble indicate: it repeals the specified literature censorship regulations. There is no expansion of scope or mission creep; it is a clean, unambiguous repeal of the target instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative provisions (commencement date and repeal clause)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested requirements","Single, straightforward repeal action with no subordinate provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation repeals the long-standing Customs (Literature Censorship) Regulations — ending customs’ power to ban, seize or censor books and other literature at Australia’s border. It directly affects readers, booksellers, publishers and customs officers by allowing previously blockable titles to be imported. The change marks a move away from state-led literary censorship toward greater freedom of expression."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-literature-censorship-regulations-repeal/documents"}}