{"id":"F1997B01975","name":"Judiciary Regulations","slug":"judiciary-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"66 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29467,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1997B01975-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Judiciary Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1985 No. 661\n\n—————\n\nJudiciary Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and pursuant to section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Judiciary Act 1903.\n\nDated 8 May 1985.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nLionel Bowen\n\nAttorney-General\n\n—————\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Judiciary Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Judiciary Act 1903.\n\nPrescribed law of a State—paragraph 39 (2) (d) of the Act\n\n3. For the purposes of paragraph 39 (2) (d) of the Act, the Arbitration (Civil Actions) Act, 1983 of the State of New South Wales is prescribed.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 May 1985.\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer\n\nS.R. 17/85 Cat. No. —Recommended retail price 20c 10/22.1.1985","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1735},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: prescribing a single New South Wales statute for the purposes of the High Court's transfer jurisdiction. There is no expansion beyond this specific technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative provisions total","Single defined term ('the Act')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single cross-reference to paragraph 39(2)(d) of the Judiciary Act 1903","Performs exactly one function: prescribing a single State Act"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\n\nThis regulation allows the High Court of Australia to transfer civil cases involving arbitration to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nUnder the *Judiciary Act 1903*, the High Court can transfer cases to State courts, but only if the State law governing the dispute has been officially listed (\"prescribed\") by the Governor-General. This regulation adds the NSW *Arbitration (Civil Actions) Act 1983* to that list.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- Parties to arbitration disputes in NSW who might otherwise bring matters to the High Court\n- The High Court (giving it power to transfer these specific matters to the NSW Supreme Court)\n- The NSW Supreme Court (which may receive transferred cases)\n\n**In simple terms:** If someone tries to start an arbitration-related case in the High Court under this specific NSW law, the Court can now send it to the NSW Supreme Court instead."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/judiciary-regulations","history":"/api/acts/judiciary-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/judiciary-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/judiciary-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/judiciary-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/judiciary-regulations/documents"}}