{"id":"F2005L03859","name":"Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005 - Proclamation","slug":"australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":39604,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L03859-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005 -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 Workplace Safety Standards 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 Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005, fix 1 January 2006 as the day on which sections 3 to 9 of that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on  1 December 2005\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nKEVIN ANDREWS\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1555},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation under section 2(1) of the Act — a procedural mechanism to bring specific sections into force. It does not expand, limit, or alter the substantive scope of the underlying legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or glossary","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references","Purely procedural instrument with no substantive legal content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal proclamation (an official announcement) by the Governor-General that **switches on** sections 3 to 9 of the Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005.\n\n**What it means:**\n- From **1 January 2006**, sections 3 through 9 of the Act became legally enforceable\n- This document doesn't create new workplace safety rules itself — it simply sets the start date for rules already written in the main Act\n- It was signed on 1 December 2005, giving one month's notice before the law took effect\n\n**In plain terms:** Think of this as the \"go live\" date announcement for specific parts of the workplace safety law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-workplace-safety-standards-act-2005-proclamation/documents"}}