{"id":"C1927L00029","name":"War Memorial Regulations","slug":"war-memorial-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"29 of 1927","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21319,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1927L00029-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Memorial Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1927\\. No. 29.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1925.\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 Australian War Memorial Act 1925, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated the 6th day of April 1927.\n\n(Sgd.) STONEHAVEN\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![C1927L00029-1.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Home and Territories.\n\nWar Memorial Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the War Memorial Regulations.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“Committee” means a committee to which powers and functions of the Board have been delegated under section 9 of the Act;\n\n“the Act” means the Australian War Memorial Act 1925.\n\nChairman of Committee.\n\n3. (1) The members of a committee shall appoint one of their number to be Chairman of the committee.\n\n(2) The Chairman of a committee shall have a deliberative, but not a casting, vote.\n\n(3) In the event of the Chairman being absent from any meeting of the committee of which he is a member, the members present shall elect one of their number to act as Chairman at that meeting.\n\nQuorum and voting.\n\n4. (1) Two members of a committee shall constitute a quorum.\n\n(2) Where, at a meeting from which any member is absent, there is an equality of voting upon any question before the committee, the consideration of the question shall be postponed to the next meeting at which all the members are present.\n\nReport to Board.\n\n5. Each committee shall make a report to the Board as and when the Board requires.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1713},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose of establishing procedural rules for committees under the Australian War Memorial Act 1925, covering only meeting procedures, voting, and reporting requirements without expansion into unrelated areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","5 short sections total","No conditional exceptions or nested logic","Single subject matter: committee meeting procedures","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set basic rules for committees assisting the Australian War Memorial: members elect their Chair (who has a normal vote but no casting vote), meetings require a minimum quorum of two, tied votes can be deferred if full membership isn’t present, and committees must report to the Memorial’s Board on request.\n\nThey apply to committees under the Australian War Memorial Act and aim to protect democratic, transparent decision‑making while allowing routine business to continue."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-memorial-regulations","history":"/api/acts/war-memorial-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-memorial-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-memorial-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-memorial-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-memorial-regulations/documents"}}