{"id":"C1940L00189","name":"Waterside Employment Regulations Suspension Regulations","slug":"waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"189 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":22260,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940L00189-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Waterside Employment Regulations Suspension Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1940\\. No. 189.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT 1928-1937.\\*\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 Transport Workers Act 1928-1937.\n\nDated this thirty-first day of August, 1940.\n\nGOWRIE\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES\n\nAttorney-General.\n\nWaterside Employment Regulations Suspension Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Waterside Employment Regulations Suspension Regulations.\n\nSuspension of Waterside Employment Regulations.\n\n2. The operation of the Waterside Employment Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1932, No. 10, as amended by Statutory Rules 1933, No. 12) is hereby suspended.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 31st August, 1940.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n5486.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1785},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs the exact limited function stated in its title—suspending the 1932 Waterside Employment Regulations. There is no evidence of scope expansion; it is a targeted administrative measure consistent with wartime exigencies in 1940."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 provisions total (short title and suspension clause)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unconditional operative provision with no exceptions, conditions, or procedural steps","No internal cross-references apart from citation of the suspended instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation temporarily stops (suspends) the **Waterside Employment Regulations** made in 1932 from having any legal effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Hits 'pause' on the 1932 regulations (and their 1933 amendments) that controlled how wharf labourers were hired and managed.\n- The underlying *Transport Workers Act* remains in force, but these specific rules about waterside employment stop applying until the suspension is lifted.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Waterside workers (wharfies, stevedores) and the companies that employ them to load/unload ships.\n- Government agencies regulating the waterfront.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nMade in August 1940 during World War II, this suspension was likely an emergency wartime measure. It allowed the government to bypass or replace the usual employment rules for dock workers—possibly to streamline shipping for the war effort or to transfer control to wartime administration bodies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations","history":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/waterside-employment-regulations-suspension-regulations/documents"}}