{"id":"C1960L00049","name":"Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations","slug":"naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"49 of 1960","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23837,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1960L00049-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1960\\. No.49.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1952.\\*\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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1952.\n\nDated this 22nd day of June, 1960.\n\nDUNROSSIL\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n(Sgd.) J. G. GORTON\n\nMinister of State for the Navy.\n\nNAVAL FORCES (FIRING AREAS) REGULATIONS.\n\nCitation.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations.\n\nGunnery, bombing, &c, practice areas.\n\n2. The Naval Board may—\n\n(a) declare, by notice published in the Gazette, an area in the Naval Station defined in regulation 23 of the Naval Forces Regulations to be an area for gunnery, bombing, torpedo or similar practice; and\n\n(b) subject to such conditions as it determines, permit the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth to carry out practice accordingly in the area.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 27th June, 1960.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1485/60.—Price 3d. 10/9.3.1960.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1679},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This 1960 instrument establishes the original scope and remains tightly focused on its initial purpose: creating a simple Gazette-based mechanism for declaring naval practice areas. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond this specific administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations total","Single operative provision with straightforward administrative structure","One external cross-reference only (to Naval Forces Regulations for the definition of 'Naval Station')","No definitions section, schedules, or interpretative provisions","Minimal conditional logic ('subject to such conditions as it determines')"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations let the Naval Board designate parts of a Naval Station as live‑fire training and testing zones, publish those declarations in the Commonwealth Gazette, and run exercises subject to any safety conditions it sets.  \n\nThey affect Navy personnel conducting weapons training and any civilians or vessels near declared areas, providing the legal basis for live‑fire activity and minimal public notice via Gazette publication."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations","history":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations/documents"}}