{"id":"C1950L00020","name":"National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1950","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23312,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1950L00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1950\\. No. .\n\n—————\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1946-1949.\\*\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 Regulations under the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1949.\n\nDated this nineteenth\n\nday of April , 1950.\n\nW. J. McKell\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature, illegible.](image.001.jpeg)\n\nfor and on behalf of the Prime Minister.\n\n————\n\nRepeal of the National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations.†\n\nRepeal.\n\nThe National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.\n\n† Being the Regulations having that title as in force under the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1949. The Regulations under the National Security Act 1939-1946 having the corresponding title were Statutory Rules 1942, No. 380. Those Regulations were amended by the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946 and were continued in force by virtue of the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1949.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1283.—Price 3d. 9/9.3.1950.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1666},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly what its title indicates: a straightforward repeal of the Beef Shortage Regulations without expanding into other policy areas or subjects."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing only the repeal instruction","No defined terms in the body of the instrument","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to navigate","Straightforward mechanical repeal with no substitutive or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThis regulation **cancels** (repeals) the *National Security (Beef Shortage) Regulations* — a set of emergency rules originally created during World War II to control beef supply, distribution, and pricing during wartime shortages.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nDuring the war, the government used \"national security\" powers to ration food and fix prices. This repeal removes those specific beef controls, effectively ending wartime rationing restrictions for the meat industry as part of returning to peacetime economic conditions.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n*   **Butchers and meat sellers**: No longer legally bound by specific wartime rationing, pricing, or distribution rules for beef\n*   **Consumers**: Removes restrictions on purchasing beef that applied during the officially declared shortage period"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-beef-shortage-regulations-repeal/documents"}}