{"id":"C1921L00007","name":"Entry into the Commonwealth Regulations 1921","slug":"entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"7 of 1921","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20899,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1921L00007-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entry into the Commonwealth Regulations 1921","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1921\\. No. 7.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT REPEAL ACT 1920.\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 War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this tenth day of January, 1921.\n\nFORSTER,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES,\n\nPrime Minister.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nEntry into the Commonwealth Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Entry into the Commonwealth Regulations 1921.\n\nPrescribed officers.\n\n2. For the purpose of requiring any British subject arriving from overseas at any port in the Commonwealth to make and subscribe, in pursuance of section nine of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920, an oath or affirmation in the form in the Schedule to that Act, any officer of Customs and any member of the police force of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth shall be a prescribed officer within the meaning of that section with power to require the making and subscribing of such oath or affirmation.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2855},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains precisely targeted at its original purpose: designating which officials have authority to administer the oath/affirmation requirement under section 9 of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920. It has not expanded beyond this machinery function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely brief text containing only 2 regulations","Single operative provision with no conditional clauses or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only to section 9 and Schedule of parent Act)","No defined terms or technical machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation designates which government officials have the legal power to require arriving British subjects to complete a formal oath or affirmation when entering Australia.\n\n**What it does**\n- **Authorizes specific officers**: It names **Customs officers** and **State/Territory police officers** as the officials (called \"prescribed officers\" in the parent Act) who can administer the entry requirements under the *War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920*.\n- **Administers the oath**: These officers have the authority to require British subjects arriving from overseas at any Australian port to swear an oath (or make a solemn affirmation) using the specific wording set out in the Act.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- British subjects entering Australia from overseas\n- Customs and police officers processing arrivals at ports"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921","history":"/api/acts/entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921/history","analysis":"/api/acts/entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/entry-into-the-commonwealth-regulations-1921/documents"}}