{"id":"F2021L00807","name":"AusCheck (Major National Event—FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023) Declaration 2021","slug":"auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":101942,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L00807-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AusCheck (Major National Event—FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023) Declaration 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.jpeg)\n\nLIN 21/038\n\nAusCheck (Major National Event—FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023) Declaration 2021\n\nI, Karen Andrews, Minister for Home Affairs, declare the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 to be a major national event under subsection 5A(1) of the AusCheck Act 2007.\n\nThis instrument commences the day after registration. \n\nDated 18 June 2021\n\nKaren Andrews\n\nMinister for Home Affairs\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration performs exactly the narrow, specific function intended by the AusCheck Act 2007 — designating a particular event as a 'major national event' to trigger the Act's background checking scheme. There is no scope creep; the instrument does precisely what its enabling provision authorises and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision consisting of one sentence","No defined terms within the instrument itself","No cross-references to other sections beyond the enabling provision (subsection 5A(1))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Total length: approximately 100 words of substantive content","Standard legislative instrument format with minimal structural elements"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official declaration made by the Minister for Home Affairs in 2021. It designates the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup (co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand) as a **'major national event'** under a law called the AusCheck Act 2007.\n\n**What this means in practice:**\n- The AusCheck Act allows for special security background checks to be required for people working at or supplying goods and services to certain high-profile events\n- By declaring the Women's World Cup a 'major national event', the government activated these special checking powers for this tournament\n- This would affect people like stadium staff, security personnel, caterers, merchandise sellers, and other workers who need access to restricted areas during the event\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- It ensures people with access to sensitive areas of World Cup venues undergo appropriate security screening\n- It provides a legal framework for the government to manage security risks for a major international sporting event\n- It reflects the significance of the tournament — the first FIFA Women's World Cup in the Southern Hemisphere and the first co-hosted by two nations"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument applies an existing legal label under subsection 5A(1) of the AusCheck Act 2007 to a specific event; it does not amend the Act or expand the statutory scope in the instrument itself. The instrument does not alter the substantive scope of the law; it only triggers whatever effects the Act already prescribes for a declared major national event."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument with one operative act (a declaration).","Cross-reference to external legislation (subsection 5A(1) of the AusCheck Act 2007) for substantive effects.","Reliance on ministerial discretion to create the legal status (Minister signed declaration).","No substantive rules, obligations, or cost allocations within the instrument itself—analysis requires reading the referenced Act.","Clear commencement clause (begins the day after registration), minimal procedural complexity in the instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"What this legal instrument does (mechanics)\n\n- The instrument declares that the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 is a “major national event” under subsection 5A(1) of the AusCheck Act 2007. (See text: “declare … to be a major national event under subsection 5A(1) of the AusCheck Act 2007.”)\n- It was signed by the Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews, on 18 June 2021 and states it “commences the day after registration.”\n\nWho decides and who is immediately identifiable from the instrument\n\n- The declaration is an exercise of ministerial power: the Minister for Home Affairs made the declaration (Karen Andrews). The instrument itself is the formal act that applies the legal label “major national event.”\n\nWhat changes and why this matters (scope and effect within the limits of the instrument)\n\n- This instrument does not itself set rules, obligations, penalties, funding, or operational measures. Instead, it applies an existing legal label from the AusCheck Act 2007 (subsection 5A(1)). Any specific powers, procedures, checks, or duties that flow from an event being designated as a “major national event” arise from the AusCheck Act and associated regulations or instruments, not from this declaration text. In other words, the declaration is a trigger: it activates whatever the AusCheck Act makes applicable when an event is declared a major national event.\n\nWhat the instrument does not say (important implementation and cost points)\n\n- The instrument does not allocate costs, set compliance requirements, identify which organisations or individuals must take particular actions, nor explain administrative arrangements. Those details must be sought in the AusCheck Act 2007 and subordinate instruments referenced by that Act.\n\nPractical implications and analytical lens (source‑grounded, conditional observations)\n\n- Who pays: The declaration does not assign or describe funding or cost‑bearers. Any costs arising from measures under the AusCheck Act would be located in the Act or related instruments; this declaration does not change that allocation. (See reference to subsection 5A(1) of the AusCheck Act 2007.)\n- Who decides: The Minister makes the declaration. Further discretionary decisions (if any) depend on powers in the AusCheck Act that the declaration invokes.\n- Behavioural and compliance effects: This instrument labels the event in a way that, by operation of the AusCheck Act, may cause additional checks, approvals, or other regulated steps to apply. The instrument does not itself describe those steps, so the concrete compliance burden must be read from the Act.\n- Incentives, trade‑offs and risks: Because the instrument simply triggers the Act’s framework, concentrated authority rests with the Minister to make such declarations; the material costs, administrative burdens, and effects on private parties depend on the statutory rules that attach to the “major national event” label. The instrument neither mitigates nor explains those costs.\n\nWhere to look next\n\n- To understand the substantive consequences of this declaration (who is affected, what checks or approvals apply, who pays, and what penalties or procedures follow), consult subsection 5A(1) and the other provisions of the AusCheck Act 2007 and any regulations or instruments made under it. This declaration operates solely to apply that statutory label to the named event and to commence the triggering effect the day after registration."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021","history":"/api/acts/auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/auscheck-major-national-event-fifa-women-s-world-cup-australia-new-zealand-2023-declaration-2021/documents"}}