{"id":"C1951L00124","name":"Military Forces (Women's Services) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"124 of 1951","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23373,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1951L00124-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Military Forces (Women's Services) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1951. No. 124.\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1951.\\*\n\nI, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1951.\n\nDated this nineteenth day of October, 1951.\n\nJ. NORTHCOTT\n\nAdministrator.\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJOS. FRANCIS\n\n![](image.001.png)Minister of State for the Army.\n\nRepeal of the Military Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations.\n\nStatutory Rules 1943, Nos. 68 and 243; Statutory Rules 1944, Nos. 22, 119 and 185; Statutory Rules 1945, No. 86; and Statutory Rules 1946, No. 7, are repealed.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n\\* Notified In the Commonwealth Gazette on 1st November, 1951.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nBy Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n4482.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1387},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly as its title indicates—it repeals the specified Women's Services Regulations. There is no expansion of scope beyond the straightforward repeal; it simply removes outdated wartime regulatory content."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting solely of a repeal of listed instruments","No defined terms, interpretation section, or substantive rules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Direct citation of specific statutory rule numbers without complex cross-referencing"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation cleans up old defence laws by formally removing the **Military Forces (Women's Services) Regulations** created during World War II.\n\n**What it does**\n* **Repeals wartime rules**: It cancels several statutory rules made between 1943 and 1946 that established separate regulations for women's military services (covering enlistment, service conditions, and discharge for groups like the Australian Women's Army Service).\n* **Simplifies the law**: By removing these outdated regulations that were no longer needed after the war ended and the separate women's services were wound down, it tidies up Australia's defence legislation.\n\n**Who it affects**\nThis is primarily an administrative cleanup. By 1951, the separate women's services had largely been disbanded or integrated into the regular forces. This repeal formally removes the legal framework that had governed women's participation in the armed forces during and immediately after WWII, ensuring the statute books don't retain obsolete military rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/military-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/documents"}}