{"id":"C2004L05719","name":"Parliament House Construction Authority Regulations","slug":"parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"265 of 1982","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27934,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05719-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Parliament House Construction Authority Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1982 No. 2651\n\n––––––––––––\n\nParliament House Construction Authority Regulations\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 Parliament House Construction Authority Act 1979.\n\nDated 7 October 1982.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nMICHAEL HODGMAN\n\nMinister of State for the Capital Territory\n\n–––––––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Parliament House Construction Authority Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2\\. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Act” means the Parliament House Construction Authority Act 1979.\n\nFunctions of the Authority\n\n3\\. For the purpose of paragraph 5 (c) of the Act, the function, in relation to the design or construction of Parliament House, of furnishing and equipping of Parliament House is conferred on the Authority.\n\n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 October 1982.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2129},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations precisely implement the intended purpose of the enabling Act by conferring a single specific function (furnishing and equipping Parliament House) on the Authority without expanding beyond the regulatory power granted by paragraph 5(c) of the Parliament House Construction Authority Act 1979."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations total","Single defined term ('the Act')","One operative provision with no conditions, exceptions, or procedural steps","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations give the **Parliament House Construction Authority** the power to furnish and equip the new Parliament House in Canberra.\n\nWhile the Authority was already responsible for designing and building Parliament House under the Parliament House Construction Authority Act 1979, these rules specifically add **furniture, fittings, and equipment** to its job description.\n\n**What this means:**\n* **Who**: The government body overseeing the Parliament House project.\n* **What**: The Authority can now choose, purchase, and install everything from parliamentary chamber desks to kitchen equipment—not just construct the building shell.\n* **Why**: Keeping fit-out under the same management as construction prevents coordination problems between builders and interior designers.\n\nIn essence: three short rules ensuring the builders also handle the furniture."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations","history":"/api/acts/parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parliament-house-construction-authority-regulations/documents"}}