{"id":"C2004L05178","name":"Migration Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"migration-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"413 of 1989","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27800,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05178-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Regulations (Repeal)","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1989 No. 4131\n\n–––––––\n\nMigration 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 Migration Act 1958.\n\nDated 21 December 1989.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nCLYDE HOLDING\n\nMinister of State for the Arts, Tourism and Territories for and on behalf of the\n\nMinister of State for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs\n\n–––––––––\n\nRepeal of Migration Regulations\n\nStatutory Rules 1959 No. 35, 1959 No. 89, 1964 No. 158, 1966 No. 86, 1970 No. 41, 1976 No. 225, 1979 No. 234, 1981 No. 282, 1982 No. 375, 1983 No. 244, 1984 Nos. 46, 47 and 251, 1985 No. 261, 1986 Nos. 117, 224, 317 and 384, 1987 Nos. 86, 221, 313, 314 and 315, 1988 Nos. 201 and 202, 1989 Nos. 47, 66, 223, 267, 283 and 366 are repealed.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1989.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1502},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs exactly as its title suggests—repealing a list of earlier Migration Regulations without expanding beyond this administrative cleanup function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting only of a repeal list","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","No cross-references to other legislative provisions","No substantive legal content—purely administrative"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, administrative cleanup regulation made in December 1989 under the *Migration Act 1958*. It simply **cancels (repeals) 27 older sets of Migration Regulations** that had accumulated between 1959 and 1989.\\n\\n**What it does:**\\n- Removes outdated statutory rules (regulations) from the books\\n- Does **not** create any new immigration rules or visa requirements\\n- Consolidates or tidies up the migration law framework by removing old versions\\n\\n**Who it affects:**\\n- Primarily affects the government and lawyers who need to know which regulations are currently in force\\n- Ordinary visa applicants and migrants would not notice this change directly, as current regulations at the time would have replaced these older ones anyway\\n\\n**Why it matters:**\\n- Keeps the statute book clean by removing obsolete rules\\n- Prevents confusion about which regulations still apply"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-repeal/documents"}}