{"id":"C1956L00077","name":"Diplomatic Immunities Regulations","slug":"diplomatic-immunities-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"77 of 1956","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23660,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1956L00077-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Diplomatic Immunities Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1956\\. No. 77.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES ACT 1952.\\*\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 Diplomatic Immunities Act 1952.\n\nDated this eighth day of November, 1956.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of P.A. McBride](image.001.jpeg)\n\nActing for and on behalf of Minister of State for Defence, the Minister of State for External Affairs.\n\nDiplomatic Immunities Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic Immunities Regulations.\n\nFederation of Malaya.\n\n2. The Federation of Malaya is declared to be a country to which the Diplomatic Immunities Act 1952 applies.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n5073/56.—Price 3d. 9/11.10.1956.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2091},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument represents the original 1956 intent—a targeted, single-purpose regulation to recognize the Federation of Malaya. It has not expanded beyond its narrow original scope of declaring one country to be covered by the principal Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative provisions (Regulation 1: citation; Regulation 2: single sentence declaration)","Zero defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Only one legislative cross-reference (to the parent Act)","Single substantive effect: extending coverage to one specific country"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a brief 1956 regulation that extends legal protections to diplomats from the Federation of Malaya (the independent state that later became Malaysia).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Declares that the Federation of Malaya is covered by the *Diplomatic Immunities Act 1952*.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThe 1952 Act gives foreign diplomats \"diplomatic immunity\" (protection from being sued or prosecuted in Australian courts). This regulation ensures that Malayan diplomats posted to Australia receive those same protections. It was made in anticipation of Malaya's independence in 1957.\n\n**In short:**\nA one-line administrative update adding a newly independent Commonwealth country to Australia's diplomatic immunity framework."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/diplomatic-immunities-regulations","history":"/api/acts/diplomatic-immunities-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/diplomatic-immunities-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/diplomatic-immunities-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/diplomatic-immunities-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/diplomatic-immunities-regulations/documents"}}