{"id":"a-2013-47","name":"Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013","slug":"australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"47 of 2013","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23063,"registerId":"act-a-2013-47-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers)\nAct 2013\nA2013-47\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 4 December 2013\nRepublication date: 4 December 2013\nAct not amended\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013 (including any\namendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 4\nDecember 2013. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this\nrepublished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $140 for\nan individual and $700 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n04/12/13\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013\nEffective: 04/12/13\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers)\nAct 2013\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of Act 2\n3 Number of Ministers—Self-Government Act, s 41 (2) 2\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 3\n2 Abbreviation key 3\n3 Legislation history 4\n4 Amendment history 4\n\n\n\nR1\n04/12/13\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013\nEffective: 04/12/13\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers)\nAct 2013\nAn Act to provide for the number of Ministers for the Territory\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013\nEffective: 04/12/13\nR1\n04/12/13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of Act\nThis Act is the Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013.\n3 Number of Ministers—Self-Government Act, s 41 (2)\n(1) This Act is made for the purposes of the Australian Capital\nTerritory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), section 41 (2).\n(2) There may be no more than 9 Ministers for the Territory.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n04/12/13\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013\nEffective: 04/12/13\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 4 Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013\nEffective: 04/12/13\nR1\n04/12/13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nAustralian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013 A2013-47\nnotified LR 3 December 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 3 December 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 4 December 2013 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2013","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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It has not expanded beyond this singular purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (section 1 is just the name)","Single substantive provision: a 21-word sentence setting the cap at 9 ministers","No defined terms in the body of the Act","No cross-references except a single citation to the parent Commonwealth Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Total length: approximately 1 page of substantive law"],"plain_english_summary":"This short Act fixes a legal ceiling of nine ministers for the Australian Capital Territory, limiting how many members of the Legislative Assembly the Chief Minister can appoint. It’s a narrow, enabling law that fulfils a Commonwealth requirement under the Self‑Government Act.\n\nIt affects the Chief Minister’s appointments, Assembly members’ eligibility for ministerial roles, and the public service and agencies shaped by ministerial portfolios — keeping the ACT executive deliberately compact."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act does not broaden or narrow the Commonwealth provision it implements; it simply gives effect to s 41(2) of the Self‑Government Act by specifying a maximum of nine Ministers (s 3(1)–(2)). 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It simply constrains the maximum size of the ACT Executive, which in turn limits how ministerial portfolios can be distributed and sets an upper bound on the Executive’s composition."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-capital-territory-ministers-act-2013/documents"}}