{"id":"C1947L00064","name":"War Service Homes (Staff) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"64 of 1947","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23163,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1947L00064-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Service Homes (Staff) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1947\\. No. 64.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR SERVICE HOMES ACT 1918-1947.\\*\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 War Service Homes Act 1918-1947.\n\nDated this twenty-first day of May, 1947.\n\nW. J. McKell\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![C1947L00064.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Works and Housing.\n\nRepeal of the War Service Homes (Staff) Regulations.†\n\nCommencement.\n\n1. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the eighth day of May, 1947.\n\nRepeal.\n\n2. The War Service Homes (Staff) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1938, No. 64, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 32 and 136; 1940, Nos. 47 and 274; 1941, Nos. 142, 162, 183 and 264; 1942, Nos. 226 and 463; 1943, No. 238; 1944, Nos. 98 and 147; 1945, No. 152; 1946, Nos. 74 and 164; and 1947, No. 7) are repealed.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1947.\n\n† Statutory Rules 1938, No. 64, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, Nos. 32 and 136; 1940, Nos. 47 and 274; 1941, Nos. 142, 162, 183 and 264; 1942, Nos. 226 and 463; 1943, No. 238; 1944, Nos. 98 and 147; 1945, No. 152; 1946, Nos. 74 and 164; and 1947, No. 7.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n2944.—Price 3d. 8/12.5.1947.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2565},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs a straightforward repeal of the War Service Homes (Staff) Regulations as indicated by its title. It does not expand the scope of the War Service Homes Act or create new regulatory functions; rather, it eliminates a specific subordinate instrument governing employment conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative provisions (commencement and repeal)","No defined terms or interpretive sections","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to substantive law","Single action: repeal of previous regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation **cancels (repeals)** the employment rules for staff who worked on the War Service Homes scheme.\n\n**Background:**\nThe *War Service Homes Act* helped World War I veterans buy or build homes. The regulations being cancelled here (first made in 1938 and updated many times since) set out special pay, conditions, and employment terms for the public servants administering that veteran housing program.\n\n**What this does:**\n- Completely wipes out the 1938 Staff Regulations and all their amendments\n- Removes the separate employment framework that applied specifically to War Service Homes staff\n- Likely shifts those employees into standard public service arrangements under the Department of Works and Housing\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is administrative \"housekeeping\" that consolidates wartime-era employment structures. By removing these special regulations, the government streamlined staffing arrangements as the veteran housing program moved to a more permanent bureaucratic footing."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-service-homes-staff-regulations-repeal/documents"}}