{"id":"C1915L00120","name":"Statistics (Disclosure in time of War) Regulations, 1915 (Provisional)","slug":"statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"120 of 1915","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20647,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1915L00120-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Statistics (Disclosure in time of War) Regulations, 1915 (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1915\\. No. 120.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.\n\nDated this seventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.\n\nR. M. FERGUSON,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. O. ARCHIBALD,\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs.\n\nStatistics Regulations.\n\n1\\. These regulations may be cited as the Statistics (Disclosure in time of War) Regulations, 1915.\n\n2\\. The Statistician shall, when directed by the Minister, divulge to the Minister or to such other person or persons as the Minister may direct, the contents of any form filled up in pursuance of the Act or any information furnished in pursuance of the Act, provided the Minister certifies that the particulars or information disclosed are required for the purpose of any investigation in connexion with the war.\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.9048.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2491},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope as an emergency wartime exception to statistical confidentiality, strictly limited to disclosures certified by the Minister as necessary for war investigations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 short regulations total (one citation, one operative provision)","No definitions section or technical terminology","Single conditional requirement (Ministerial certification of war necessity)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond generic reference to 'the Act'","Extreme brevity (approximately 150 words of operative text)"],"plain_english_summary":"These World War I emergency rules created a temporary backdoor into normally secret census records. **What it does:** The government Statistician (head of the statistics bureau) must hand over any census forms or statistical data to the Minister—or anyone the Minister designates—if the Minister certifies it's needed for war-related investigations. **Who it affects:** Anyone who filled out a census form, plus the Statistician who has to break normal confidentiality rules. **Why it matters:** Normally, census information is strictly private. These regulations suspended that protection during the war, allowing the government to use population data for military investigations, tracking enemy aliens, or resource allocation—provided the Minister signed off on it."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional","history":"/api/acts/statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/statistics-disclosure-in-time-of-war-regulations-1915-provisional/documents"}}