{"id":"C2004L06590","name":"Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Proclamation (13/06/2001)","slug":"australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28242,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06590-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Proclamation (13/06/2001)","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 Research Council Act 2001\n\nI, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Australian Research Council Act 2001, fix 1 July 2001 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 13 June 2001\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency's Command\n\nDAVID KEMP\n\nMinister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1734},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly its intended function: setting the commencement date for the ARC Act. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing the commencement date)","No definitions or interpretation section","Only one cross-reference (to subsection 2(1) of the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or schedules"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal **commencement proclamation** for the Australian Research Council Act 2001. It simply sets **1 July 2001** as the date the Act comes into force (starts operating).\n\n**What this means:**\n- Before this date, the Act was passed by Parliament but not yet 'live'\n- This proclamation, signed by the Governor-General, flips the switch to make the law active\n- From 1 July 2001, the Australian Research Council operates as an independent statutory body with legal authority to administer research grants\n\n**Key detail:** This document does not change the content of the Act; it only decides when the rules begin to apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001","history":"/api/acts/australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-research-council-act-2001-proclamation-13-06-2001/documents"}}