{"id":"C1927L00012","name":"Northern Australia Regulations","slug":"northern-australia-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"12 of 1927","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21305,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1927L00012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Northern Australia Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1927\\. No. 12.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1926.\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 Northern Australia Act 1926, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this seventh day of February, 1927.\n\nSTONEHAVEN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nT. W. GLASGOW,\n\nMinister of State for Home and Territories.\n\nRegulations under the Northern Australia Act 1926.\n\nShort title.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Australia Regulations.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n2\\. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Act” means the Northern Australia Act 1926;\n\n“the Commission” means the North Australia Commission Established under the Northern Australia Act 1926.\n\nPowers of Commission.\n\n3\\. In addition to the powers conferred on the Commission by section sixteen of the Act, the powers of the Commission shall extend to the following matters in relation to the development of the prescribed part of the Territory:—\n\n(i) the encouragement and establishment of air services;\n\n(ii) the construction and maintenance of cattle or sheep dips, and the imposition and recovery of charges for the use of such dips; and\n\n(iii) the encouragement and establishment of coastal shipping services.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1557},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain a narrow, focused scope extending specific administrative powers to the North Australia Commission for infrastructure development (transport and livestock facilities), consistent with the enabling Act's original purpose of developing the Territory."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative provisions total","Definitions section contains just 2 defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other statutes","Straightforward list format with no nested subsections"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations give the **North Australia Commission** three specific new powers to help develop the Territory (modern-day Northern Territory):\n\n*   **Air services** – encouraging and setting up aviation and air transport\n*   **Livestock dips** – building and maintaining cattle or sheep dips (cleaning pools for livestock) and charging fees for their use\n*   **Coastal shipping** – encouraging and establishing sea transport services along the coast\n\nThese powers are **added on top** of what the Commission already had under the main Northern Australia Act 1926. Essentially, this document fills in the operational details for how the Commission should actually deliver infrastructure and services on the ground."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations","history":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations/documents"}}