{"id":"C2004L05018","name":"Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and South Australia) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"239 of 1983","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27766,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and South Australia) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1983 No. 2391\n\n–––––––\n\nJoints Electoral (Commonwealth and South Australia) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.\n\nDated 20 October 1983.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nK. C. BEAZLEY\n\nSpecial Minister of State\n\n–––––––––\n\nRepeal\n\nStatutory Rules 1921 No. 32 and 1929 No. 57 are repealed.\n\n \n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1983.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1557},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs exactly the limited, specific function described in its title—repealing two named 1920s-era regulations. There is no expansion of scope beyond this straightforward repeal."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing only one sentence","No defined terms, interpretation section, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Only cross-references are the citations of the two repealed instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation is a simple housekeeping measure that **removes two outdated sets of electoral rules** from the 1920s. These old rules (Statutory Rules 1921 No. 32 and 1929 No. 57) originally established **joint electoral arrangements** between the Australian Government and South Australia—administrative agreements that allowed federal and state elections to share voter rolls, polling places, and staff.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Repeals (cancels) the 1921 and 1929 Joint Electoral Regulations\n*   Cleans up defunct legal paperwork that is no longer needed\n\n**Who it affects:**\n*   Mainly the Australian Electoral Commission and South Australian electoral authorities\n*   Ordinary voters are unaffected; this simply tidies up historical legislation that has been superseded by modern electoral laws"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/joint-electoral-commonwealth-and-south-australia-regulations-repeal/documents"}}