{"id":"C1927L00083","name":"Northern Australia Regulations 1927 (Amendment)","slug":"northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"83 of 1927","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21359,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1927L00083-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Northern Australia Regulations 1927 (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1927\\. No. 83.\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 the third day of August, 1927.\n\nSTONEHAVEN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nNEVILLE HOWSE,\n\nfor Minister of State for Home and Territories.\n\nAmendment of the Northern Australia Regulations.\n\n(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 12).\n\nPower of Commission.\n\nRegulation 3 of the Northern Australia Regulations is amended:—\n\n(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) the word “and” (third occurring);\n\n(b) by inserting at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) the word “and”; and\n\n(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-paragraph:—“(iv) the encouragement of primary production”.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.11676—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument amends the Northern Australia Regulations 1927 to add a power for the Northern Australia Commission to encourage primary production."},"complexity_factors":["Historical amending regulation","Single operative provision","Straightforward textual insertion"],"plain_english_summary":"This 3 August 1927 amending rule to the Northern Australia Regulations 1927 added an explicit power for the Northern Australia Commission to encourage primary production, giving it clear authority to promote agriculture, pastoral, horticultural and related industries in the region. \n\nIt was a single-purpose, immediately effective amendment now spent but useful for understanding the Commission’s original role in developing northern Australia."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1917},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Adds a new enumerated power to encourage primary production to the Commission's functions. While this technically expands the scope of the Commission's statutory duties, it represents a specific elaboration within the original purpose of developing Northern Australia rather than mission creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive amendment consisting of one sentence","No interpretation section or defined terms","Only one cross-reference (to Regulation 3 of the principal regulations)","Simple textual changes limited to punctuation (moving the word 'and') and adding one sub-paragraph (iv)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This regulation adds a new specific job for the Northern Australia Commission: **encouraging primary production** (farming, grazing, and mining) in the tropical north.\n\n**Who it affects:** The Commission itself (which managed land and development in the Northern Territory and northern parts of WA and Queensland), plus settlers, farmers, and miners who would benefit from government promotion of agricultural and resource industries.\n\n**Why it matters:** Before this change, the Commission had general powers over land and infrastructure. This amendment explicitly adds \"encouraging primary production\" as a stand-alone statutory function, making it clear the government wanted to actively promote farming and mining—not just administer the land. The technical changes simply fix the punctuation in the list of powers to accommodate this new item."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment","history":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/northern-australia-regulations-1927-amendment/documents"}}