{"id":"C1945L00184","name":"National Security (Regulations Repeal) Regulations (No. 4)","slug":"national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"184 of 1945","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23059,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1945L00184-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Security (Regulations Repeal) Regulations (No. 4)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1945\\. No. 184.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1943.\\*\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 1939-1943.\n\nDated this twenty-ninth day of November, 1945.\n\nHENRY\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Royal Highness’s Command,\n\nE. J. HOLLOWAY\n\nfor and on behalf of the Minister of\n\nState for Defence.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNational Security (Regulations Repeal) Regulations (No. 4).\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Security (Regulations Repeal) Regulations (No. 4).\n\nMiscellaneous amendments or repeals.\n\n2. The Regulations specified in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations are amended or repealed as respectively specified in the second column of that Schedule.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nTHE SCHEDULE.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n| Regulations                                                     | Amendments and Repeals. |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| National Security (Aliens Service), Regulations.............    | Repeal the whole        |\n| National Security (Standards of Lighting) Regulations ......... | Repeal the whole        |\n| National Security (Supplementary) Regulations..............     | Omit regulation 64      |\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette an 29th November, 1945.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n6824.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1377},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains strictly limited to its original purpose of repealing specific wartime regulations following the end of World War II. There is no expansion beyond the stated intent of miscellaneous amendments and repeals."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative provisions (citation and the amendment mechanism in regulation 2)","Schedule contains only 3 repeal/amendment items with no technical amendments","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or transitional provisions","Straightforward repeal language requiring no cross-referencing to understand effect"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This is a post-World War II \"cleanup\" regulation that scraps three specific wartime rules made under the National Security Act (Australia's emergency wartime powers law).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People previously governed by the **Aliens Service Regulations** (rules controlling non-citizens and \"enemy aliens\" during the war)\n- Households and businesses subject to **Standards of Lighting Regulations** (wartime blackout rules designed to prevent air raid targeting)\n- Anyone affected by regulation 64 of the **Supplementary Regulations** (a specific technical wartime control)\n\n**Why it matters:** Made in late November 1945, shortly after Japan's surrender ended WWII, this regulation represents the dismantling of emergency wartime controls. It restores normal peacetime conditions by removing lighting restrictions (ending blackout requirements) and relaxing special restrictions on foreign nationals."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4","history":"/api/acts/national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-security-regulations-repeal-regulations-no-4/documents"}}