{"id":"C1940L00044","name":"National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"44 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22146,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940L00044-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1940\\. No. 44.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the National Security Act 1939.\n\nDated this twenty-eighth day of February, 1940.\n\nGOWRIE\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nROBERT G. MENZIES\n\nMinister of State for Defence Co-ordination.\n\nAmendment of National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations.†\n\nRegulation 18 of the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “order” the words “impose restrictions (in addition to those imposed by these Regulations) upon aliens, or upon any class of aliens, in relation to their movements, and, in particular, impose restrictions in relation to travelling by air, or”.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th February, 1940.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1939, No. 88, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, No. 95.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1261.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1684},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Expands the scope of Regulation 18 by adding specific powers to restrict air travel and general movement, broadening the original regulatory framework beyond the initial suite of restrictions to explicitly cover aviation-based controls."},"complexity_factors":["Single amendment to one existing regulation (Regulation 18)","Insertion of only 28 words of new text","Minimal cross-referencing (only to parent Regulations SR 1939 No. 88)","No defined terms, schedules, or interpretive provisions","Straightforward expansion of discretionary power without conditional triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This law gives the Australian government extra wartime powers to restrict the movement of foreign nationals (referred to as **\"aliens\"** — meaning non-citizens, not extraterrestrials).\n\nSpecifically, it amends **Regulation 18** of the existing National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations to allow the Minister to:\n*   Impose additional restrictions on where aliens can go and how they move around\n*   Specifically restrict aliens from **travelling by air** (a new provision for 1940, reflecting the growing importance of aircraft in World War II)\n\nThis builds upon existing powers by explicitly adding air travel controls to the list of restrictions the government can place on foreign nationals deemed a security risk."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment","history":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-aliens-control-regulations-amendment/documents"}}