{"id":"C1915L00249","name":"Employment of Persons under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"249 of 1915","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20666,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1915L00249-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Employment of Persons under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1915\\. No. 249.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-12.\n\nRegulations for the Employment of Persons under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1912 should come into immediate operation and, further, should be taken to have come into operation on and from the 1st January, 1912, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.\n\nDated this fifteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.\n\nR. M. FERGUSON,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. A. JENSEN.\n\nRegulations for the Employment of Persons under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n1\\. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“The Act” means the Naval Defence Act 1910-1912.\n\n“Minister” means the Minister of State for the time being administering the Naval Defence Act.\n\n“Officer means a person who is employed, in pursuance of section 41 of the Act, in a civil capacity, and who is appointed by the Governor-General.\n\n“Employee” means a person (other than an officer) who is employed, in pursuance of section 41 of the Act, in a civil capacity.\n\n2\\. The Minister may authorize any person to engage and discharge employees.\n\n3\\. The Minister may fix rates of wages to be paid employees.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.14390—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2595},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This represents the original 1915 making of the regulations; the scope remains strictly limited to the employment powers conferred by section 41 of the Naval Defence Act 1910-1912, covering only engagement, discharge, and remuneration of civilian naval personnel."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section","Just 2 operative provisions (sections 2 and 3)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the parent Act","Straightforward binary classification of employees (Officers vs Employees)"],"plain_english_summary":"These 1915 wartime regulations set a provisional framework for hiring civilian staff for the Australian Navy, distinguishing senior \"officers\" (appointed by the Governor‑General) from other civilian employees and giving the Minister authority to delegate hiring/firing and set wages. They affected civilians employed under the Naval Defence Act and mattered because backdating and provisional status let the Navy rapidly expand administrative and support personnel during WWI without individual Governor‑General appointments for every post."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional","history":"/api/acts/employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/employment-of-persons-under-section-41-of-the-naval-defence-act-regulations-provisional/documents"}}