{"id":"C1917L00177","name":"Unlawful Associations Regulations 1917","slug":"unlawful-associations-regulations-1917","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"177 of 1917","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20772,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1917L00177-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Unlawful Associations Regulations 1917","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1917\\. No. 177.\n\n–––––––––\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ASSOCIATIONS ACT 1916–17.\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 Unlawful Associations Act 1916–1917, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this sixth day of August, 1917.\n\nR. M. FERGUSON,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES,\n\nAttorney-General of the Commonwealth.\n\n––––––––\n\nUnlawful Associations Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Unlawful Associations Regulations 1917.\n\nPrescribed authorities.\n\n2\\. For the purposes of Section 7e and 7h of the Unlawful Associations Act 1916–1917, the following shall be prescribed authorities, namely:—\n\nThe Administrator of each Territory of the Commonwealth;\n\nThe Commandant of each Military District; and\n\nThe Chief Officer of Police, and any officer of police not under the rank of Sub-Inspector, in each State or Territory of the Commonwealth.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––\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.10265.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1947},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations perform the narrow, intended function of the enabling Act by simply prescribing which officials hold authority. No expansion beyond the Act's original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations in total","No definitions or interpretation provisions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the single reference to Act sections 7e and 7h","Simple list format naming specific office holders"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations authorize specified officials to exercise extraordinary wartime powers under the Unlawful Associations Act, enabling detention and other measures against members of proscribed political groups. \n\nBy naming Territory Administrators, military commandants and senior police, they put army officers on similar footing to civilian law enforcement—expanding state power over political organizations and curtailing normal civil liberties during wartime."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/unlawful-associations-regulations-1917","history":"/api/acts/unlawful-associations-regulations-1917/history","analysis":"/api/acts/unlawful-associations-regulations-1917/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/unlawful-associations-regulations-1917/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/unlawful-associations-regulations-1917/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/unlawful-associations-regulations-1917/documents"}}