{"id":"C1932L00002","name":"Waterside Employment Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"waterside-employment-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1932","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21714,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1932L00002-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Waterside Employment Regulations (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\n1932. No. 2.\n\nREGULATION UNDER THE TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT 1928-1929.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following, Regulation under the Transport Workers Act 1928-1929, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this eighth day of January, 1932.\n\nISAAC A. ISAACS\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nARCHDALE PARKHILL\n\nMinister of State for Transport.\n\n \n\nRepeal of Waterside Employment Regulations.\n\nThe Waterside Employment Regulations being Statutory Rules 1931, No. 144 are repealed.\n\n \n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n49.—Price 3d.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1771},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is a straightforward repeal that eliminates the 1931 Regulations entirely. It does not expand, modify, or add to the regulatory framework—it simply removes it. The scope has not grown beyond the original purpose of the 1931 Regulations; rather, that regulatory scheme has been deleted entirely."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No definitions section or defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Only cross-reference is the citation of the repealed instrument (Statutory Rules 1931, No. 144)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation completely **scrubs (repeals)** the Waterside Employment Regulations made in 1931.\n\n**In plain language:**\nIt deletes the previous year's rulebook for hiring, registering, and managing dockworkers and wharf labourers.\n\n**Who feels the impact:**\n- **Waterside workers** (wharfies, stevedores) and their employers\n- **Government agencies** responsible for waterfront labour regulation\n\n**Why it's significant:**\nMade during the Great Depression and a volatile era of waterfront industrial disputes, removing these regulations stripped away a specific framework for controlling waterfront employment. This likely shifted authority back to industrial courts, union agreements, or direct negotiations between workers and bosses."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-repeal/documents"}}