{"id":"F2015L01355","name":"Defence Service Homes Regulation 2015","slug":"defence-service-homes-regulation-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"148 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438414,"registerId":"F2015L01355-fast-fetch-1775954854722","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Service Homes Regulation 2015","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nDefence Service Homes Regulation 2015\n\n \n\nSelect Legislative Instrument No. 148, 2015\n\nI, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.\n\nDated 20 August 2015\n\nPeter Cosgrove\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMichael Ronaldson\n\nMinister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Operational areas\n\n7 Use and disclosure of personal information—prescribed purposes\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nDefence Service Homes Regulations 1936\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Defence Service Homes Regulation 2015.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 29 August 2015\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.\n\n6  Operational areas\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Act, the following operational areas are prescribed:\n\n (a) the area comprising the country known, on and after 1 September 1957 and before 28 May 1963, as the Federation of Malaya;\n\n (b) the area that, on and after 1 September 1957 and before 28 May 1963, comprised the territory of Singapore (other than Christmas Island).\n\n7  Use and disclosure of personal information—prescribed purposes\n\n  For subsection 45C(2) of the Act, the following purposes are prescribed:\n\n (a) determining a person’s eligibility for a subsidy under the Act, including whether or not the person continues to be eligible;\n\n (b) determining the amount of a subsidy payable for a person, including correcting or updating the amount of subsidy;\n\n (c) deciding whether or not to authorise subsidy payments;\n\n (d) identifying errors in payment of subsidy, including overpayments;\n\n (e) making findings on internal review of a reviewable decision, and implementing the findings;\n\n (f) administering eligibility and entitlements under the Act, including correcting or updating a person’s subsidy amount;\n\n (g) any other purpose that is reasonably necessary for the administration of the Act;\n\n (h) determining a person’s eligibility for a subsidy under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 or the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008, including whether or not the person continues to be eligible;\n\n (i) any other purpose that is reasonably necessary for the administration of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 or the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008.\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\n \n\nDefence Service Homes Regulations 1936\n\n1  The whole of the Regulations\n\nRepeal the Regulations.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the Defence Service Homes Regulations 1936 (Schedule 1) and replaces them with a concise set of rules: prescribed historical operational areas (s6) and prescribed purposes for use/disclosure of personal information in administering subsidies (s7). It therefore changes the regulatory text governing administration and privacy uses under the Act by restating and limiting the authorised purposes and identifying specific operational areas."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with few provisions (ss.1–7 and Schedule 1) — low overall drafting complexity.","Cross-references to primary Act and other statutes (s3; s7(h)–(i)) require reading those Acts to determine full legal effect.","Prescribes operational areas with precise historical date ranges (s6) — requires historical/territorial interpretation to apply eligibility tests.","Lists specific permitted purposes for use/disclosure of personal information (s7) but relies on 'reasonably necessary' language that requires administrative judgment and raises privacy-compliance work.","Repeal of the 1936 Regulations (Schedule 1) may create transitional interpretation or implementation steps for administrators and affected persons.","Operational discretion implied: officials decide whether to authorise subsidy payments and correct amounts (s7(c), (b), (f)), creating procedural and record-keeping obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation updates how the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 is administered. It prescribes two historical operational areas (specific date ranges for Malaya and Singapore), specifies the permitted purposes for using or disclosing personal information to run defence home subsidies (eligibility, payment amounts, authorisations, error correction, reviews and related Acts), and repeals the Defence Service Homes Regulations 1936. It affects people applying for or receiving Defence Service Homes subsidies and the officials who decide and pay those subsidies."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope as a machinery regulation under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918. It performs the standard regulatory functions of prescribing operational areas for eligibility purposes and specifying permitted uses of personal information. The repeal of the 1936 Regulations is a consolidation exercise that does not expand the underlying Act's substantive reach."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 7 substantive sections plus commencement machinery)","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","Simple, non-nested structure with no cross-references between operative provisions","Schedule 1 contains only a single repeal item with no complex transitional provisions","No conditional logic or exceptions within the operative provisions (sections 6 and 7 are simple lists)","Minimal amendment mechanism (wholesale repeal rather than intricate textual amendments)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation modernises the Defence Service Homes scheme by replacing the 1936 rules, clarifying that service in Malaya (1957–1963) and Singapore in the same period counts as operational service, and setting limited, specific grounds for using or sharing veterans’ personal information.\n\nIt affects veterans from that Cold War era, current and future subsidy applicants, and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs — ensuring eligible veterans receive entitlements while updating privacy and administrative practices."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-service-homes-regulation-2015","history":"/api/acts/defence-service-homes-regulation-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-service-homes-regulation-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-service-homes-regulation-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-service-homes-regulation-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-service-homes-regulation-2015/documents"}}