{"id":"C1916L00104","name":"Naturalization Regulations 1916 (Provisional)","slug":"naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"104 of 1916","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20687,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1916L00104-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Naturalization Regulations 1916 (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1916\\. No. 104.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATURALIZATION ACT 1903.\n\nI, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, 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 twenty-fourth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.\n\nA. L. STANLEY,\n\nDeputy of the Governor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nE. J. RUSSELL,\n\nfor Minister for External Affairs.\n\nNaturalization Regulations 1916.\n\nShort Title.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the “Naturalization Regulations 1916.”\n\nFee for Search.\n\n2\\. Any person may, on application at the office of the Department of External Affairs, have a search made in any records of certificates of naturalization in its custody 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 recorded in the Department of External Affairs may be obtained by any person on payment of a fee of Two shillings and sixpence for each certified copy.\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.6151.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2421},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly confined to their original limited administrative purpose of setting fees for record searches and certified copies, showing no expansion into broader policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative provisions (short title and two fee rules)","No definitions section or interpretation clauses","Flat fee structure without exemptions, conditions, means tests, or exceptions","No internal cross-references or external legislative dependencies beyond the enabling Act","No procedural steps, evidentiary requirements, or decision-making criteria"],"plain_english_summary":"A 1916 provisional regulation under the Naturalization Act 1903 sets fees of two shillings and sixpence (half a crown) for searches of naturalization records and for certified copies of naturalization certificates. It affected migrants who needed to prove British-subject status during World War I.\n\nIssued without normal notice, the fees mattered for military service, government employment and avoiding internment — a wartime administrative step to manage identity and loyalty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional","history":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/naturalization-regulations-1916-provisional/documents"}}