{"id":"C1940L00190","name":"Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations Suspension Regulations","slug":"transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"190 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22263,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940L00190-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations Suspension Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1940\\. No. 190.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT 1928-1937.\\*\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 Transport Workers Act 1928-1937.\n\nDated this thirty-first day of August, 1940.\n\nGOWRIE\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES\n\nAttorney-General.\n\nTransport Workers (Seamen) Regulations Suspension Regulation.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations Suspension Regulations.\n\nSuspension of Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations.\n\n2\\. The operation of the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1935, No. 125, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, Nos. 20, 35, 80, 105 and 148, 1938, No. 74 and 1940, No. 62) is hereby suspended.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 31st August, 1940.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n5487.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1621},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations perform exactly the limited function indicated by their title—temporarily suspending the Seamen Regulations—without expanding beyond that specific purpose or altering the scope of the parent Transport Workers Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only two provisions: short title and suspension clause","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unconditional operative provision with no exceptions","No procedural steps or compliance requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations **temporarily suspend** (put on hold) the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations made in 1935.\n\n**What it does**\n- Stops the 1935 Seamen Regulations (and all their later amendments) from having any legal effect while these Suspension Regulations remain in force.\n- Essentially hits the \"pause button\" on specific workplace rules that previously applied to seamen under the Transport Workers Act.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Maritime workers (seamen) who were covered by the now-suspended regulations.\n- Employers in the shipping industry who no longer have to comply with those specific rules.\n\n**Why it matters**\n- It removes regulatory requirements that previously governed employment conditions, licensing, or conduct for seamen, likely to provide flexibility during wartime (1940)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations","history":"/api/acts/transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/transport-workers-seamen-regulations-suspension-regulations/documents"}}