{"id":"discharged-servicemens-badges-act-1967","name":"Discharged Servicemen's Badges Act 1967","slug":"discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30429,"registerId":"wa-discharged-servicemens-badges-act-1967-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Discharged Servicemen's Badges Act 1967","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nDischarged Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967\n\n- **Reprinted under the *Reprints Act 1984* as**\n- **at 10 January 2003**\n\n\nWestern Australia\n\nDischarged Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Interpretation 1\n\n3. Limitation on the wearing of badges 1\n\n4. Saving 2\n\nSchedule\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 4\n\n  \n\n- Crest **Reprinted under the *Reprints Act 1984* as**\n- **at 10 January 2003**\n\n\nWestern Australia\n\nDischarged Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967\n\nAn Act relating to the wearing of badges issued by certain associations of discharged servicemen.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Discharged Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967* 1.\n\n##### 2. Interpretation\n\nIn this Act, **“discharged servicemen’s association”** means a body specified in the Schedule.\n\n##### 3. Limitation on the wearing of badges\n\n(1) A person who is not a member of that association shall not, without lawful excuse, wear a badge, or a colourable imitation of a badge, issued by a discharged servicemen’s association for the purpose of identifying its members.\n\nPenalty: $40.\n\n(2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to a person who, having been a member of a discharged servicemen’s association, has been excluded from membership, by operation of its rules, unless he has been served, either personally or by pre-paid registered post, with notice of the fact that he has been so excluded.\n\n##### 4. Saving\n\nNothing in this Act affects the operation of the *Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953*.\n\nSchedule\n\nsection 2\n\nTotally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers’ Association of Australia (W.A. Branch) Inc.\n\nThe Limbless Soldiers’ Association of W.A. (Inc.).\n\nAustralian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air Force Association (Western Australia Division) Incorporated.\n\nAustralian Legion of Ex‑servicemen and Women Incorporated West Australian Branch.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a reprint as at 10 January 2003 of the *Discharged Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967*. The following table contains information about that Act.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Discharged Servicemen’s Badges Act 1967* | 58 of 1967 | 5 Dec 1967 | 5 Dec 1967 |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not retrievable. The page hosting the Discharged Servicemen's Badges Act 1967 (WA) is no longer available at the provided URL due to a system upgrade on the Western Australian legislation website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — only a webpage error message was provided","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without access to the actual Act","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the law itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation could be analysed.**\n\nThe link provided does not lead to the actual text of the *Discharged Servicemen's Badges Act 1967* (Western Australia). Instead, it returns a 'page not available' error from the Western Australian legislation website.\n\n**What we can say from the title alone:**\nThis Act likely deals with rules around badges or insignia issued to Western Australians who were discharged from military service — for example, who can wear them, under what circumstances, and possibly penalties for misuse. However, without the actual text, no meaningful legal analysis can be provided.\n\n**What you should do:**\n- Visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for the Act directly.\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk as suggested on the error page.\n- Try searching via the [Federal Register of Legislation](https://www.legislation.gov.au) in case a Commonwealth equivalent exists."},"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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act's scope remains the narrowly defined prohibition on non-members wearing badges of the listed associations (s3 and Schedule). There is no textual indication that its substantive reach was altered in the reprint; it also expressly preserves the Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953 (s4)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused scope limited to wearing of badges issued by associations listed in the Schedule (s2, Schedule).","Simple criminal prohibition with a fixed monetary penalty ($40) (s3(1)), keeping enforcement and sentencing straightforward.","Exception for previously excluded members requires service of notice either personally or by pre-paid registered post, creating a discrete procedural requirement for associations (s3(2)).","Use of imprecise terms — e.g. \"lawful excuse\" and \"colourable imitation\" — introduces evidential questions and potential courtroom interpretation.","Saving clause preserves operation of another statute, so administrators must consider interplay with the Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953 (s4).","Proof burdens: prosecutions must establish non‑membership and lack of lawful excuse, and associations may need records or proof of service of exclusion notices."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act makes it an offence for anyone who is not a member of certain named discharged-servicemen associations to wear those associations’ identifying badges or colourable imitations, punishable by a $40 penalty (s3). It affects association members, people who might impersonate members, and former members excluded under association rules (who remain entitled to wear a badge unless given personal or registered-post notice of exclusion — s3(2)); it also preserves the Returned Servicemen’s Badges Act 1953 (s4)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: regulating the wearing of badges by non-members of specific discharged servicemen's associations. The scope has not expanded beyond the four associations originally listed or the core prohibition against unauthorised badge wearing."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections (short title, interpretation, main offence, and saving provision)","Single defined term ('discharged servicemen's association')","One simple offence with modest penalty ($40)","Single exception in subsection 3(2) regarding former members","No cross-references to other legislation except a saving clause preserving the 1953 Returned Servicemen's Badges Act","Schedule lists only 4 specific associations"],"plain_english_summary":"This law stops people from pretending to be members of veterans' associations by wearing their badges.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Makes it illegal for non-members to wear badges (or fake badges) issued by specific discharged servicemen's associations listed in the Schedule\n- Sets a $40 fine for breaking this rule\n- Protects former members who were kicked out of an association — they can keep wearing the badge until they receive official written notice of their exclusion\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Members of the five veterans' associations listed (including groups for disabled soldiers, limbless soldiers, air force veterans, and the Australian Legion)\n- Anyone thinking about wearing one of these badges without being a member\n\n**Why it matters:**\nVeterans' badges carry meaning and respect. This law prevents \"stolen valour\" — people falsely claiming association membership to get recognition or benefits they haven't earned. It preserves the integrity of these organisations and the service they represent.\n\n**Key exception:**\nIf you were a member but got expelled, you're safe until the association formally notifies you by registered post or in person."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967","history":"/api/acts/discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967/history","analysis":"/api/acts/discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/discharged-servicemen-s-badges-act-1967/documents"}}