{"id":"F2009L04034","name":"Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009 - Proclamation","slug":"australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":81542,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04034-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009 - Proclamation","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Proclamation\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nAustralian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009, fix 9 November 2009 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 29 October 2009\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE  Governor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nCHRIS EVANS\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1569},"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"This document is a commencement proclamation, not the substantive legislation. It fixes the start date (9 November 2009) for Schedule 1 of the Act but does not contain the actual citizenship test review provisions, amendments to the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, or other measures referenced in the title. Analysis of the law's practical effects requires the full text of Schedule 1 or the principal Act amendments.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation has no policy scope of its own; it is purely mechanical. It activates Schedule 1 of the parent Act but does not expand, limit, or alter the substantive content of the citizenship amendments."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a calendar date)","No definitions, cross-references, or conditional clauses","Procedural instrument only—no substantive legal rules","Extremely short (under 200 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation**—a formal legal notice that brings part of an Act into force. Specifically, it sets **9 November 2009** as the day when **Schedule 1** of the *Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Act 2009* starts operating. \n\n**What it does:**\n- Activates the citizenship test changes and other measures contained in Schedule 1 of the parent Act\n- Signed by Governor-General Quentin Bryce on 29 October 2009 on advice of the Federal Executive Council\n- Does not contain the actual citizenship test questions, pass rates, or eligibility rules—those sit in the Schedule itself or the amended principal Act"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-amendment-citizenship-test-review-and-other-measures-act-2009-proclamation/documents"}}