{"id":"C2004L04801","name":"Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"433 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27655,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04801-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1994   No. 4331\n\n__________________\n\nFreedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulation under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.\n\nDated 20 December 1994.\n\n \n\n BILL HAYDEN\n\n Governor-General\n\n By His Excellency’s Command,\n\n \n\n \n\nD. KERR\n\nMinister for Justice\n\n____________\n\n1.   Repeal of the Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations\n\n1.1   Statutory Rules 1983 No. 84 are repealed.\n\n[NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]\n\n \n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 1994.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1160},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward repeal that does not expand or alter the scope of the legislation; it simply removes obsolete subordinate legislation that had been superseded by institutional changes."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (one repeal clause)","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislative provisions (other than the citation of the repealed instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThis regulation repeals (cancels) the *Freedom of Information (Document Review Tribunal) Regulations* made in 1983. Those old regulations had set out the procedural rules for the Document Review Tribunal—a body that reviewed government decisions about whether to release documents under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nBy 1994, the Document Review Tribunal had been absorbed into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), which took over handling FOI reviews. This instrument is essentially \"housekeeping\"—it removes obsolete regulations from the statute book so that agencies and applicants don't need to check multiple sets of rules.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\nThis mainly affects government agencies and people appealing FOI decisions. It simplifies the process by confirming that FOI reviews now follow the AAT's procedures rather than the old Document Review Tribunal rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-document-review-tribunal-regulations-repeal/documents"}}