{"id":"C1915L00117","name":"Naturalization Regulations 1915 (Provisional)","slug":"naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"117 of 1915","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20646,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1915L00117-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Naturalization Regulations 1915 (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1915\\. No. 117.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATURALIZATION ACT 1903.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Naturalization Act 1903 should come into immediate operation and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.\n\nDated this seventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.\n\nR. M. FERGUSON,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nH. MAHON,\n\nMinister for External Affairs.\n\nNaturalization Regulations 1915.\n\nShort Title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Naturalization Regulations 1915.\n\nFee for Search.\n\n2. Any person may, on application at the office of the Naturalization Branch of the Department of External Affairs, have a search made in the records of memorials of certificates of naturalization upon payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each search.\n\nFee for Certified Copy.\n\n3. Certified copies of any certificate of naturalization may be obtained by any person from the office of the Naturalization Branch of the Department of External Affairs on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each certified copy.\n\nApproved by the Federal Executive Council,\n\n(Sgd.) GEO. STEWARD,\n\nSecretary to the Council\n\nJuly 7th, 1915.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.9280.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1468},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1915 enactment establishing the initial scope of fee-setting for naturalization record access."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","No defined terms section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single flat fee rate (2 shillings and 6 pence) with no variables","Only references parent Act (Naturalization Act 1903)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** These regulations set administrative fees for accessing naturalization records held by the Department of External Affairs.\n\n**Key provisions:**\n- **Searching records**: Anyone can pay 2 shillings and 6 pence to search the government records of naturalization certificates\n- **Certified copies**: Anyone can pay 2 shillings and 6 pence to obtain an official certified copy of a naturalization certificate\n\n**What is naturalization?** At this time in Australian history, naturalization was the process by which a non-British person could become a British subject (the legal status equivalent to citizenship).\n\n**Why \"provisional\"?** These regulations were certified as \"provisional\" by the Governor-General, meaning they took effect immediately due to urgency, rather than following the usual waiting period.\n\n**Who it affects:** People seeking to prove their own or their ancestors' naturalization status, as well as historians and genealogists researching citizenship records from this era."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional","history":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1915-provisional/documents"}}