{"id":"C2004L06594","name":"Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2002 - Proclamation (01/05/2003)","slug":"bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28246,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06594-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2002 - Proclamation (01/05/2003)","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\nBankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2002\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2002, fix 5 May 2003 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 1 May 2003\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nDARYL WILLIAMS\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2083},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no policy scope. It performs the purely administrative function of bringing Schedule 1 into force on the specified date, which aligns exactly with the original commencement mechanism intended by the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date (5 May 2003)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No substantive legal conditions, exceptions, or procedural rules","Only references one external provision (subsection 2(1) of the parent Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal proclamation (an official government announcement) that activates part of a bankruptcy law.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **5 May 2003** as the start date for \"Schedule 1\" of the *Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2002*\n- This means the changes contained in Schedule 1 become legally enforceable on that date\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The Governor-General (Peter Hollingworth), acting on advice from the Federal Executive Council\n- Signed on 1 May 2003 under section 2(1) of the parent Act\n\n**Important note:** This is just the \"starting gun\" document. It does **not** contain the actual changes to bankruptcy law (such as new rules about debtors, creditors, or trustees). It only announces when those changes begin. To see what actually changed, you would need to read Schedule 1 of the *Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2002* itself."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003","history":"/api/acts/bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/bankruptcy-legislation-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-01-05-2003/documents"}}