{"id":"F2023L01031","name":"Australian Citizenship (Class of Persons Who May Receive a Pledge of Commitment) Authorisation (LIN 23/043) 2023","slug":"australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":104698,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2023L01031-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Citizenship (Class of Persons Who May Receive a Pledge of Commitment) Authorisation (LIN 23/043) 2023","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.jpeg)\n\nLIN 23/043\n\nAustralian Citizenship (Class of Persons Who May Receive a Pledge of Commitment) Authorisation (LIN 23/043) 2023\n\nI, Andrew Giles, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make this instrument under subsection 27(5) of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (the Act).\n\nDated 20 July 2023\n\nAndrew Giles\n\nMinister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs\n\n  \n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Australian Citizenship (Class of Persons Who May Receive a Pledge of Commitment) Authorisation (LIN 23/043) 2023.\n\n2 Commencement and repeal\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) is taken to have commenced on 20 March 2022; and\n\n(b) is taken to have been repealed on 21 March 2022.\n\n3 Person who may receive a pledge of commitment\n\nFor subsection 27(5) of the Act, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales is a person in a class of persons authorised to receive a pledge of commitment to become an Australian citizen.\n\n4 Previous instruments\n\nThis instrument is not taken to repeal any other instrument current when this instrument is registered.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2435},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its narrow, specific purpose of temporarily adding NSW MLAs to the list of persons authorised to receive citizenship pledges. The retrospective dating (commencing and repealing on the same day in 2022) does not represent scope creep but rather a technical validation of ceremonies conducted on that specific date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (Section 3)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only to enabling Act section)","Retrospective application limited to a single day"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument retroactively authorised Members of the NSW Legislative Assembly to conduct Australian citizenship ceremonies and receive the pledge of commitment on 20 March 2022. It affects state MPs who officiated and the people who took the pledge that day, validating those ceremonies so the new citizens’ status is legally secure. Without it, those one-day events risked being legally ineffective."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-","history":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-citizenship-class-of-persons-who-may-receive-a-pledge-of-commitment-authorisation-lin-23-/documents"}}