{"id":"C1940L00009","name":"National Security (Courts Emergency Powers) Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"9 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22134,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940L00009-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Courts Emergency Powers) Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1940\\. No. 9.\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 tenth day of January, 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 the National Security (Courts Emergency Powers) Regulations.†\n\nDefinitions.\n\nRegulation 2 of the National Security (Courts Emergency Powers) Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following definition:—\n\n“‘war service’ has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903-1939.”\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 11th January, 1940.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1939, No. 165.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n253.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1629},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment is purely definitional; it does not expand or restrict the scope of the courts' emergency powers, but merely clarifies terminology by reference to existing legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single definitional amendment (one term added)","Only one cross-reference (to Defence Act 1903-1939)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural changes","Document length is less than one page"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1940 wartime regulation makes a minor technical amendment to rules giving Australian courts special powers during the national emergency (World War II).\n\n**What it does**\n- Adds a definition of **\"war service\"** to the existing Courts Emergency Powers Regulations\n- States that \"war service\" means exactly the same thing here as it does in the *Defence Act 1903-1939*\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Primarily affects military personnel and courts dealing with service members during WWII\n- Ensures judges and magistrates use the same definition of military service as found in defence law when exercising emergency powers\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis is a housekeeping amendment. By importing the definition from the Defence Act, it prevents confusion and inconsistent interpretation when courts handle cases involving people on military service during the war. It keeps the legal language synchronized across wartime legislation without changing anyone's rights or obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment","history":"/api/acts/national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-courts-emergency-powers-regulations-amendment/documents"}}