{"id":"C1957L00053","name":"National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"53 of 1957","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23721,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1957L00053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1957\\. No. 53.\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1956.\\*\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 Defence Act 1903-1956.\n\nDated this 25th day of September, 1957.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![C1957L00053.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Defence.\n\nRepeal of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations.\n\nThe National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 178, 201 and 267; Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 315 and 526; Statutory Rules 1943, Nos. 88, 132 and 277; Statutory Rules 1944, No. 78; Statutory Rules 1945, No. 162; and Statutory Rules 1946, Nos. 11, 69 and 152) are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3rd October, 1957.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n4810/57.—Price 3d. 9/19.8.1957.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1408},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function stated in its title and preamble: repealing the specified wartime regulations. There is no expansion of scope beyond the straightforward administrative repeal of obsolete emergency laws."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting solely of a repeal","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions or cross-referencing provisions","Straightforward reference to existing statutory instruments by number and year"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, administrative ‘housekeeping’ law from 1957 that removes old World War II emergency regulations from the statute books.\n\n**What it does**\n- **Repeals** (cancels) the *National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations* — a set of wartime rules made between 1941 and 1946 under the *National Security Act*.\n- These regulations governed how Australia detained, managed and released enemy prisoners of war during WWII.\n\n**Why it matters**\nBy 1957, the war had been over for more than a decade and the emergency regulations were no longer needed. This formal repeal cleaned up the law books, ensuring outdated wartime powers were not left sitting on the statute books indefinitely. It did not create any new rules or change how anyone was treated; it simply ended the legal authority for rules that had already fallen into disuse."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-prisoners-of-war-regulations-repeal/documents"}}