{"id":"C1968L00069","name":"States Grants (Deserted Wives) Regulations","slug":"states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"69 of 1968","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24311,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1968L00069-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Deserted Wives) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1968 No.\n\n————\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE STATES GRANTS (DESERTED WIVES) ACT 1968.\\*\n\nI THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the States Grants (Deserted Wives) Act 1968.\n\nDated this twenty-first day of June 1968.\n\nCASEY\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of Attorney-General for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Social Services](image.001.jpeg)\n\nAttorney-General for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Social Services.\n\n—————\n\nStates Grants (Deserted Wives) Regulations\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the States Grants (Deserted Wives) Regulations.\n\nPersons in relation to whom Act applies.\n\n2. For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “person in relation to whom this Act applies” in section 3 of the States Grants (Deserted Wives) Act 1968, each of the following classes of women is a prescribed class of women:—\n\n(a) unmarried women each of whom is living with the child, or with one or more of the children, of whom she has the custody, care and control and is the mother, but is not living with a man as his wife on a bona fide domestic basis:\n\n(b) married women (other than women who fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of that definition) each of whom is living with the child, or with one or more of the children, of whom she has the custody, care and control and is the mother, but is not living with her husband or with any other man as his wife on a bona fide domestic basis.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1968.\n\n—————————\n\nBy Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra\n\n18273/68—Price 5c 10/19.6.68","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2313},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This 1968 instrument represents the original implementation of the Act, prescribing specific classes of women (unmarried mothers and separated wives) to expand eligibility for assistance. It reflects the original legislative intent to broaden support beyond strictly 'deserted' wives."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 short operative provisions","Simple eligibility criteria based on marital status and living arrangements","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","References definitions in the parent Act rather than creating new ones"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations broaden Commonwealth-funded Deserted Wives support to include unmarried mothers and married women living apart from their husbands, provided they care for their children and are not cohabiting with another man as his wife. \n\nIt means more single and separated mothers can receive state assistance—allowing federal grants to help a wider set of vulnerable single-parent households in the 1960s."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-deserted-wives-regulations/documents"}}