{"id":"C1919L00107","name":"War Precautions (Rabbit Skins Requisitioning) Regulations 1918 (Repeal)","slug":"war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"107 of 1919","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20849,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1919L00107-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Precautions (Rabbit Skins Requisitioning) Regulations 1918 (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nSTATUTORY RULES.\n\n1919. No. 107.\n\n———\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–1918.\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 War Precautions Act 1914-1918, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this seventh day of May, 1919.\n\nR. M. FERGUSON,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nE. J. RUSSELL,\n\nActing Minister of State for Defence.\n\n \n\nRepeal of War Precautions (Rabbit Skins Requisitioning) Regulations, 1918.\n\nThe War Precautions (Rabbit Skins Requisitioning) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1918, No. 159) are hereby repealed.\n\n \n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of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","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1529},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs a straightforward repeal of the 1918 Regulations. It does not expand or alter the scope of the regulatory regime; it terminates it entirely, which aligns with the stated purpose of ending wartime requisitioning powers."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditions, exceptions, or procedural requirements","No internal cross-references (only citation to the repealed instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **cancels (repeals)** an earlier World War I rule that allowed the Australian government to seize rabbit skins from traders and producers.\n\n**What it does**\n- Removes the *War Precautions (Rabbit Skins Requisitioning) Regulations 1918* (Statutory Rules 1918, No. 159), which had given the government emergency powers to take possession of rabbit skins for the war effort (likely for military felt hats, clothing, or export control).\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Rabbit trappers, skin dealers, and merchants who were previously subject to government requisitioning (forced seizure) of their stock.\n- These businesses can now trade rabbit skins freely without wartime government interference.\n\n**Why it matters**\n- Ends a specific wartime economic control that was no longer necessary after the end of World War I (made in May 1919).\n- Returns the rabbit skin trade to normal commercial law, removing compulsory acquisition powers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal","history":"/api/acts/war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-precautions-rabbit-skins-requisitioning-regulations-1918-repeal/documents"}}