{"id":"C2004L05549","name":"Naval Forces (Women's Services) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"94 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27897,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05549-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Naval Forces (Women's Services) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1985 No. 941\n\n——————\n\nNaval Forces (Women's Services)\n\nRegulations (Repeal)\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation 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\nJOHN BROWN\n\nMinister of State for Sport, Recreation and Tourism\n\nfor and on behalf of the\n\nMinister of State for Defence\n\n–––––––––––\n\nRepeal of Naval Forces (Women's Services) Regulations\n\nStatutory Rules 1943 Nos. 67 and 201, 1944 Nos. 101 and 155, 1959 No. 103,1961 No. 34, 1964 No. 138, 1967 No. 105, 1968 No. 72, 1970 No. 63, 1971 No. 157, 1972 No. 67, 1973 No. 271, 1976 No. 38, 1979 No. 253, 1981 No. 228, and 1983 Nos. 1,1 94, 283 and 322, are repealed.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 June 1985.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1788},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly as its title suggests—repealing the Naval Forces (Women's Services) Regulations and their amending instruments without expanding into new substantive areas or deviating from its stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing only a repeal","No defined terms, interpretation section, or legal tests","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation","Straightforward list of 17 historical statutory instruments being repealed"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\nThis regulation scraps a long list of old rules (dating back to 1943) that created separate legal frameworks for women serving in the Australian Navy (formerly the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service, or WRANS).\n\n**Who it affects**\nPrimarily women who served or were eligible to serve in the Navy under these separate regulations, as well as Navy administrators who previously had to apply different rules based on gender.\n\n**Why it matters**\nBy repealing (cancelling) these regulations, the instrument formally ends the legal separation between men's and women's service in the Navy. It reflects the historical move toward integrating women into the regular naval forces, ensuring all personnel—regardless of gender—are governed by the same service laws rather than distinct \"women's services\" rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/naval-forces-women-s-services-regulations-repeal/documents"}}