{"id":"C1912L00225","name":"Maternity Allowance Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"225 of 1912","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20508,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1912L00225-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Maternity Allowance Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1912\\. No. 225.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE MATERNITY ALLOWANCE ACT 1912.\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 Regulation under the Maternity Allowance Act 1912 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.\n\nDated this twentieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.\n\nDENMAN.\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nANDREW FISHER,\n\nTreasurer.\n\nAll persons now or hereafter authorized to register births under State laws shall be Commonwealth Registrars for the purpose of registering births in connexion with claims under the Maternity Allowance Act 1912.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.15505.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1301},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation performs exactly the narrow administrative function contemplated by the Maternity Allowance Act 1912: designating who can register births for allowance claims. It has not expanded beyond this original machinery-of-government purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single sentence of substantive regulatory content","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or limitations","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Total operative text is approximately 30 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets up the paperwork system for Australia's first federal \"baby bonus\" (the Maternity Allowance). **What it does:** It declares that anyone already authorized to register births under state laws is automatically a Commonwealth Registrar for the maternity allowance scheme. **Why it matters:** Instead of building a new federal bureaucracy from scratch, the government used the existing state birth registration officials to handle the paperwork. This practical shortcut meant mothers could claim the allowance using the same local officials who were already recording births for the state, making the national scheme easier to administer across all states and territories."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional","history":"/api/acts/maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/maternity-allowance-regulations-provisional/documents"}}