{"id":"C2004L04281","name":"Defence (General) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"defence-general-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"333 of 1988","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27159,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04281-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence (General) Regulations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 1988 No. 3331\n\n–––––––\n\nDefence (General) 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.\n\nDated 7 December 1988.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nKIM C. BEAZLEY\n\nMinister of State for Defence\n\n––––––––––\n\nRepeal\n\nStatutory Rules 1988 No. 18 are repealed.\n\n \n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 December 1988.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":880},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument narrows rather than expands scope by removing existing regulations. It represents a reduction in regulatory coverage rather than mission creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No defined terms or interpretation section","No substantive legal rules created - only removal of existing rules","No cross-references to complex legislative frameworks except citation of repealed instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThis regulation is a simple housekeeping measure that **cancels (repeals) earlier defence regulations** made earlier in 1988.\n\n**Key details**\n* **Target**: Statutory Rules 1988 No. 18 (the Defence (General) Regulations made earlier that year)\n* **Effect**: Those earlier regulations are completely removed from the law books\n* **Why**: Regulations are often repealed when they are replaced, consolidated, or found to be unnecessary\n\n**Who it affects**\nPrimarily affects the Australian Defence Force and defence administration, as it removes specific regulatory rules that applied to defence matters. For the general public, this represents a cleanup of the statute book with no direct practical impact unless you were specifically relying on the repealed regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-general-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/defence-general-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-general-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-general-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-general-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-general-regulations-repeal/documents"}}