{"id":"C1913L00301","name":"Quarantine Regulations (Repeal) (Provisional)","slug":"quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"301 of 1913","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20561,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1913L00301-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Quarantine Regulations (Repeal) (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1913\\. No. 301.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908-12.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Quarantine Act 1908-12 should come into immediate operation and make the Regulation to come into operation on the 26th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen, as a Provisional Regulation.\n\nDated this 26th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.\n\nDENMAN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nLITTLETON E. GROOM,\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Customs.\n\nThe Provisional Regulations under the Quarantine Act 1908-12, made on the fourth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen, are hereby repealed, provided that this repeal shall not affect the operation of the said Regulations in respect of any person leaving or having left the quarantine area of the metropolitan district of Sydney prior to the date of this Regulation for the purpose of journeying to another State.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.15808.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1395},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains a targeted repeal of provisional regulations with transitional protections for persons already in transit, consistent with its original administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing the repeal","One straightforward savings clause limited to temporal and geographic conditions","No definitions section or interpretive provisions","No cross-references beyond the enabling Act"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This regulation cancels (repeals) emergency quarantine rules that were put in place in July 1913 under the *Quarantine Act*.\n\n**The important exception:** If you had already left the Sydney quarantine area **before 26 November 1913** to travel to another State, the old rules still apply to you. This protects travelers who were mid-journey when the regulations changed.\n\n**Why it matters:** It prevents a legal gap for people who left Sydney under the previous restrictions but hadn't yet reached their destination when the rules were scrapped."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional","history":"/api/acts/quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/quarantine-regulations-repeal-provisional/documents"}}