{"id":"F2005L01517","name":"Australian Passports Act 2005 - Proclamation","slug":"australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":35399,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L01517-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Passports Act 2005 - 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\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nAustralian Passports Act 2005\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Australian Passports Act 2005, fix 1 July 2005 as the day on which sections 3 to 58 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on  15 June 2005\n\nP.M. JEFFERY  Governor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nBRUCE BILLSON\n\nParliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs and Trade)\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1398},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly one function: bringing sections 3-58 of the Act into force on the specified date. The scope is limited to commencement and has not expanded beyond this technical, procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No definitions or interpretation clauses","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Purely procedural instrument with no substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal legal notice that switches on (or \"commences\") the Australian Passports Act 2005.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **1 July 2005** as the date when **sections 3 to 58** of the Australian Passports Act 2005 came into force\n- Makes the passport laws legally operational from that date\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this proclamation, the Australian Passports Act would remain inactive \"on the shelf\" — enacted by Parliament but not yet law in practice. This document is the legal trigger that allows the government to start issuing passports under the new Act and enforcing its rules regarding eligibility, validity, and cancellation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-passports-act-2005-proclamation/documents"}}