{"id":"C2004L04288","name":"Defence Force (Bounties and Gratuities) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"11 of 1990","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27161,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04288-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Force (Bounties and Gratuities) Regulations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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1990 No. 111\n\n–––––––\n\nDefence Force (Bounties and Gratuities) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.\n\nDated 23 January 1990.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nDAVID SIMMONS\n\nMinister of State for Defence Science and Personnel\n\n––––––––––\n\nRepeal of the Defence Force (Bounties and Gratuities) Regulations\n\nStatutory Rules 1973 Nos. 110, 169 and 272, 1974 Nos. 1 and 40, 1975 No. 82, 1976 Nos. 40, 161 and 230, 1978 No. 176, 1980 No. 3, 1983 No. 268 and 1984 Nos. 38, 365 and 367 are repealed.\n\n \n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 January 1990.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1523},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument simply terminates the existing regulations in their entirety without introducing new substantive provisions, new offences, or expanding regulatory reach."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting solely of a repeal schedule","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Straightforward list of repealed statutory rule numbers without substantive legal content"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **cancels (repeals) a set of outdated Defence Force regulations** that governed special payments to military personnel.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Removes the *Defence Force (Bounties and Gratuities) Regulations* and all their amendments made between 1973 and 1984\n*   These rules previously set out how recruitment incentives (called \"bounties\") and reward payments (\"gratuities\") were paid to Army, Navy and Air Force members\n\n**Who it affects:**\n*   Current and former Defence Force members who might have claimed payments under these old schemes\n*   Defence administrators who no longer need to follow these specific payment rules\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a \"cleanup\" law that removes obsolete rules from the statute books. Once repealed, the specific bounty and gratuity schemes covered by these regulations are no longer available, though existing entitlements may be protected under other laws or general administrative schemes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-force-bounties-and-gratuities-regulations-repeal/documents"}}