{"id":"C2004L01784","name":"Royal Commissions Regulations","slug":"royal-commissions-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"75 of 1927","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":25503,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L01784-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Royal Commissions Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1927\\. No. 75.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1902-1912.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Royal Commissions Act 1902-1912, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this13th day of July, 1927.\n\n(Sgd.) STONEHAVEN\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature](image.001.png)\n\nfor Prime Minister.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nRoyal Commissions Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Commissions Regulations.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n2. In these Regulations unless the contrary intention appears:—\n\n“The Act” means the Royal Commissions Act 1902-1912.\n\n“The scale” means the scale of witnesses’ expenses prescribed for witnesses appearing before the High Court.\n\nWitnesses expenses.\n\n3.—(1.) Witnesses summoned under section two of the Act to attend, and attending, a Royal Commission to give evidence may be paid expenses in accordance with the scale.\n\n(2.) In cases in which a witness attends a Royal Commission but has not been summoned in accordance with section two of the Act to so attend, the witness may, if the Chairman of the Commission or the sole Commissioner, as the case may be, directs, be paid expenses in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation.\n\n(3.) In the application of the scale to witnesses to whom these regulations apply, the Chairman of the Royal Commission or the sole Commissioner, as the case may be, shall have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions of the taxing officer under that scale.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\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. 9340.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1873},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These 1927 regulations represent the original exercise of the rule-making power, strictly limited to prescribing witness expenses exactly as contemplated by the Royal Commissions Act. No expansion beyond this original purpose is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single operational provision (regulation 3) containing just 3 straightforward subsections","Minimal cross-referencing—only to the parent Act and the existing High Court witness scale","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond a simple discretionary approval for voluntary witnesses"],"plain_english_summary":"## What this does\n\nThese regulations set the rules for **paying witnesses** who appear before a Royal Commission to give evidence.\n\n**Key points:**\n\n- **Standard payments:** If you are officially summoned to appear before a Royal Commission, you are entitled to claim expenses (such as travel and accommodation) at the same rates paid to witnesses appearing before the High Court (referred to as \"the scale\").\n- **Voluntary witnesses:** If you attend voluntarily without being summoned, the Commission Chair (or the sole Commissioner) can choose to approve your expenses at the same rates.\n- **Who calculates the bill:** The Chair acts as the \"taxing officer\" (the court official who checks that claimed costs are reasonable) to determine exactly how much you get paid under the High Court scale.\n\nIn short, these rules ensure people who help a Royal Commission by giving evidence are reimbursed for their out-of-pocket costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/royal-commissions-regulations","history":"/api/acts/royal-commissions-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/royal-commissions-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/royal-commissions-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/royal-commissions-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/royal-commissions-regulations/documents"}}