{"id":"F1997B02189","name":"South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Regulations","slug":"south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"353 of 1988","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29495,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1997B02189-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Regulations","content":"enable![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1988 No. 3531\n\nSouth Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty\n\nRegulations\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 South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Act 1986.\n\n15 December 1988\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nGareth Evans\n\nMinister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Regulations.\n\nPrivileges and immunities of Treaty inspectors\n\n2. (1) The following privileges and immunities are conferred on a Treaty inspector in respect of acts done and words spoken and written by that inspector in the exercise of a power conferred by section 22 of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Act 1986:\n\n(a) immunity from arrest or detention;\n\n(b) immunity from legal process;\n\n(c) inviolability for all papers and documents.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1988.\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer\n\n(S.R. 251/88) Cat. No. 16/6.9.1988","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations implement and specify immunities for Treaty inspectors under the Act (reg. 2) rather than expanding or reducing the substantive scope of the Act or the Treaty. They do not create new powers, obligations, fees, or enforcement mechanisms beyond conferring the listed protections."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (regulation 2) keeps structure simple.","Legal concepts used (immunity from arrest/detention, immunity from legal process, inviolability) require doctrinal legal understanding.","Cross-reference to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Act 1986 (s.22) demands consultation of the parent Act to determine scope.","Determining whether particular acts/words fall within \"exercise of a power\" under s.22 may raise interpretive questions.","No administrative or financial mechanisms, reporting requirements, or enforcement procedures are set out in the instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations confer specified legal protections on inspectors operating under the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty: immunity from arrest or detention, immunity from legal process, and inviolability of papers and documents for acts or words done while exercising powers under section 22 of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Act 1986 (reg. 2). The Regulations were made by the Governor‑General on the advice of the Federal Executive Council. The instrument imposes no fees or new duties on private parties in its text."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose of implementing Australia's obligations under the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga) to protect international inspectors. There is no scope creep; the document does exactly what its enabling Act anticipated."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (only 2 operative provisions)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond a single mention of the parent Act","Simple, unconditional language ('immunity from...')","Single purpose: confer three specific immunities on one class of person"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations grant special legal protections to international inspectors who monitor whether countries in the South Pacific are following the nuclear-free zone treaty. Specifically, inspectors cannot be arrested, sued, or have their documents seized when they're doing their official job of checking for nuclear weapons or materials under Australian law. This ensures inspectors can do their work without interference from the countries they're monitoring."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations","history":"/api/acts/south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty-regulations/documents"}}