{"id":"C2004L05411","name":"Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Hong Kong) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"124 of 1997","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27859,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05411-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Hong Kong) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1997    No. 1241\n\n__________________\n\nMutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Hong Kong) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.\n\nDated 28 May 1997.\n\n \n\n WILLIAM DEANE\n\n Governor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n \n\n \n\nDARYL WILLIAMS\n\nAttorney General and Minister for Justice\n\n____________\n\n1.   Commencement\n\n1.1   These Regulations commence on 4 June 1997.\n\n2.   Repeal of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Hong Kong) Regulations\n\n2.1   Statutory Rules 1991 No.  95 is repealed.\n\nNOTE\n\n1.   Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 June 1997.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1905},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the narrow, single-purpose function indicated by its title: repealing the 1991 Hong Kong regulations. It has not expanded beyond this specific housekeeping task tied to the 1997 handover."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative provisions (commencement and repeal)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single cross-reference to the repealed instrument (SR 1991 No 95)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation repeals the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Hong Kong) Regulations 1991, which had governed Australia–Hong Kong cooperation on evidence, witnesses and asset measures. It chiefly affects police, prosecutors and courts that relied on that framework. The change aligns Australia’s legal cooperation with the political reality of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover, requiring cross‑border criminal assistance to be handled under different arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-hong-kong-regulations-repeal/documents"}}