{"id":"C1940L00084","name":"National Security (Jute) Regulations","slug":"national-security-jute-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"84 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22177,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940L00084-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Jute) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1940\\. No. 84.\n\n––––––––\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 Regulations under the National Security Act 1939.\n\nDated this ninth\n\nday of May , 1940.\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of Frederick Stewart.](image.001.png)\n\nfor and on behalf of the Minister of State\n\nfor Defence Co-ordination.\n\n––––––\n\nNational Security (Jute) Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Jute) Regulations.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Jute Buyer” means the Commonwealth Jute Buyer appointed under these Regulations;\n\n“the Minister” means the Minister of State for Supply and Development.\n\nJute Buyer\n\n3. For the purposes of these Regulations, the Minister may appoint a Commonwealth Jute Buyer, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister and shall have and may exercise, subject to any directions of the Minister, such powers and functions as are conferred on him by these Regulations.\n\nSalary of Jute Buyer.\n\n4. The Jute Buyer shall be paid such salary and expenses as the Minister from time to time determines or approves.\n\nPowers of Jute Buyer.\n\n5.—(1.) The Jute Buyer is hereby authorized to purchase, on behalf of the Commonwealth, wool packs, corn sacks and such other jute goods as the Minister determines by notice published in the Gazette.\n\n(2.) The Jute Buyer is hereby authorized to sell, on behalf of the Commonwealth, any jute goods purchased under the last preceding sub-regulation.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1940.\n\n2845—8/8.5.1940.—Price 3d.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1509},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain strictly limited to their original 1940 purpose: establishing a centralized government buyer to control wartime procurement and distribution of jute products. The scope has not expanded beyond this specific wartime supply function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section (section 2)","No cross-references to other Acts beyond the parent National Security Act 1939","Linear structure with no nested exceptions, provisos, or conditional clauses","Total length of only 5 short regulations addressing a single administrative function"],"plain_english_summary":"During WWII the law centralises control of jute goods by creating a government “Commonwealth Jute Buyer” empowered to buy and sell wool packs, corn sacks and other jute products for the Commonwealth. It affects farmers, supply chains and the military by preventing private hoarding, ensuring fair distribution and stabilising supplies and prices of this strategic material when imports were disrupted."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-jute-regulations","history":"/api/acts/national-security-jute-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-jute-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-jute-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-jute-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-jute-regulations/documents"}}