{"id":"C2004L05542","name":"Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"89 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27896,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05542-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1985 No. 891\n\n——————\n\nNaval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910.\n\nDated 30 May 1985.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nK. C BEAZLEY\n\nMinister of State for Defence\n\n–––––––––––\n\nCommencement\n\n1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1985.\n\nRepeal of Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations\n\n2. Statutory Rules 1960 No. 49, Statutory Rules 1962 No. 67, Statutory Rules 1965 No. 97, Statutory Rules 1970 No. 23, Statutory Rules 1974 No. 125 and Statutory Rules 1976 No. 30 are repealed.\n\n \n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 June 1985.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2062},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited task described in its title—repealing six specific sets of Naval Forces (Firing Areas) Regulations. It has not expanded to address unrelated matters or alter the underlying Naval Defence Act 1910."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative provisions (commencement and repeal)","No definitions, interpretation clauses, or technical terms","No conditional language, exceptions, or cross-references to other Acts","Simple, absolute repeal of six enumerated statutory instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation is **housekeeping for the statute book**. It **cancels six old sets of rules** that once designated ocean areas where the Royal Australian Navy could conduct live firing exercises.\n\nBetween 1960 and 1976, various regulations mapped out specific \"firing areas\" for naval weapons training. This instrument **repeals (removes)** all six of those outdated regulation sets in one clean sweep.\n\n**Key points:**\n*   **No new rules:** It doesn't create new restrictions or permissions—it simply deletes old ones\n*   **Administrative cleanup:** This is routine maintenance to remove laws that are no longer needed\n*   **Modernisation:** The repealed rules were replaced by newer arrangements for managing naval training areas\n\nThis is a straightforward repeal with no legal tricks or hidden provisions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/naval-forces-firing-areas-regulations-repeal/documents"}}