{"id":"C1955L00069","name":"Supply and Development (Flax Production) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"69 of 1955","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23591,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1955L00069-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supply and Development (Flax Production) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1955\\. No. 69.\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1939-1948.\\*\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 Regulation under the Supply and Development Act 1939-1948.\n\nDated this fourteenth day of October, 1955.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of J. McEwen](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Commerce and Agriculture and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Supply.\n\nRepeal of the Supply and Development (Flax Production) Regulations.\n\nRepeal.\n\nThe Supply and Development (Flax Production) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1940, No. 296; Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 119 and 182; Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 47, 115 and 306; and Statutory Rules 1943, No. 117) are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1955.\n\nPrinted for the Government of the Commonwealth by A. J. Arthur at the Government Printing Office, Canberra.\n\n4274/55.—Price 3d. 9/17.8.1955.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1610},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward repeal instrument that does exactly what its title suggests—abolishes the flax production regulations. It has not expanded beyond its stated purpose of repeal."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","Only cross-references are citations to the six repealed statutory rules"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This regulation scraps (repeals) old wartime rules that controlled how flax was grown and distributed in Australia.\n\n**Background:** During World War II, the government made regulations (between 1940-1943) to control flax production under the *Supply and Development Act*. Flax was needed to make materials like linen, canvas, and parachute cords for the war effort.\n\n**What changes:** This regulation simply cancels all those old flax controls. It lists the specific regulations being abolished (from 1940-1943) and removes them from the law books entirely.\n\n**Who it affects:** Farmers and businesses involved in flax production no longer need to follow these specific wartime production controls. By the mid-1950s, these emergency measures were no longer needed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supply-and-development-flax-production-regulations-repeal/documents"}}