{"id":"C2004L05415","name":"Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Papua New Guinea) Regulations","slug":"mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"244 of 1991","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27862,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05415-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Papua New Guinea) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1991 No. 2441\n\n–––––––\n\nMutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Papua New Guinea) Regulations\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 2 August 1991.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nMICHAEL DUFFY\n\nAttorney-General\n\n–––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Papua New Guinea) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations:\n\n“the Act” means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.\n\n  \n\nApplication of the Act\n\n3\\. (1) The Act applies in relation to Papua New Guinea subject to the exceptions specified in subregulation (2).\n\n(2) Parts III, V and VI of the Act do not apply in relation to Papua New Guinea.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 August 1991.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1875},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations maintain their original 1991 scope of implementing a specific bilateral mutual assistance treaty with Papua New Guinea. The exclusion of Parts III, V, and VI reflects the original intent to create a narrower framework than the standard Act, not an expansion beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short regulations total","Single operative provision (regulation 3) containing a simple exclusion","No defined terms beyond basic 'the Act' reference","No conditional logic, exceptions to exceptions, or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations apply Australia’s Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 to Papua New Guinea but carve out key powers by excluding Parts III, V and VI. The result is narrower, treaty-tailored mutual‑assistance: Australia and PNG can cooperate on investigations and prosecutions, but cannot use the Act’s usual foreign‑request, search/seizure or compelled‑production mechanisms for PNG, so law enforcement and affected suspects must rely on the bilateral treaty procedures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations","history":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mutual-assistance-in-criminal-matters-papua-new-guinea-regulations/documents"}}