{"id":"C1946L00168","name":"Rules of Court - Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (Amendment)","slug":"rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"168 of 1946","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23127,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1946L00168-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rules of Court - Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1946\\. No. 168.\n\nTHE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION.\n\nRules of Court.\\*\n\nAs of Tuesday the twelfth day of November, 1946.\n\nIT is ordered as follows:—\n\n1. That the Rules of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration as of the 3rd day of October 1903 as amended by Rules of Court dated the 22nd day of October 1909 the 28th day of April 1924 the 4th day of June 1931 and the 20th day of December 1935 respectively be further amended as follows that is to say:—\n\nBy inserting at the end of Rule 65 the following proviso:—\n\n“Provided however that where a Judge of the Court dies or the resignation of a Judge of the Court becomes effective after an order has been made by that Judge before a copy thereof had been signed by him an order signed by the Registrar in terms of the order so made and sealed with the seal of the Court shall have effect as if the order had been signed by the Judge”.\n\n2. The foregoing Rule shall come into operation on the 12th day of October, 1946.\n\nE. DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Acting Chief Judge of the said Court.\n\n(l. s.) ALFRED W. FOSTER, Judge.\n\nB. SUGERMAN, Judge.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 25th November, 1946.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n7290.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1637},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment remains tightly focused on its original purpose: fixing a specific administrative gap regarding judicial signatures. It has not expanded into broader procedural or substantive law changes."},"complexity_factors":["Single, targeted amendment to Rule 65 only","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple binary condition (death OR resignation of judge)","Minimal cross-referencing (refers only to existing Rule 65 and the Court seal)"],"plain_english_summary":"This amendment patches a procedural hole in the rules of Australia's former industrial relations court (the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration).\n\n**The problem it fixes:**\nIf a judge made a decision (called a *court order*) but died or resigned before signing the official paperwork, the order was legally stuck—creating delays and uncertainty for workers and employers in industrial disputes.\n\n**The solution:**\nNow, if a judge dies or resigns after making a decision but before signing it, the Court's **Registrar** (the chief administrative officer) can sign and seal the document instead. This signed copy has the same legal force as if the original judge had signed it.\n\n**In short:** It prevents bureaucratic limbo when a judge passes away or leaves office unexpectedly."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment","history":"/api/acts/rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/rules-of-court-commonwealth-court-of-conciliation-and-arbitration-amendment/documents"}}