{"id":"C2009A00067","name":"Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009","slug":"car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"67 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":436251,"registerId":"C2009A00067-fast-fetch-1775953498571","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nCar Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009\n\n \n\nNo. 67, 2009\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to provide for an appropriation for the Australian Government Guarantee to Support Interim Funding to Car Dealerships, and for related purposes\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Short title\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Definitions\n\n4 Application within and outside Australia\n\n5 Appropriation\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nCar Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009\n\nNo. 67, 2009\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to provide for an appropriation for the Australian Government Guarantee to Support Interim Funding to Car Dealerships, and for related purposes\n\n[Assented to 6 July 2009]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\n1  Short title\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n3  Definitions\n\n  In this Act:\n\nDeed of Guarantee means the Deed of Guarantee in respect of the Australian Government Guarantee to Support Interim Funding to Car Dealerships, executed on behalf of the Commonwealth on 23 December 2008, as that Deed is in force from time to time.\n\n4  Application within and outside Australia\n\n  This Act applies both within and outside Australia.\n\n5  Appropriation\n\n  The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of paying claims under the Deed of Guarantee.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 14 May 2009\n\nSenate on 15 June 2009]\n\n(68/09)\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1767},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains narrowly focused on its original purpose of appropriating funds for the specific car dealership financing guarantee scheme established during the global financial crisis, exactly as described in the long title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections with a single defined term","Reliance on external Deed of Guarantee for all substantive scheme details","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements within the Act itself","Straightforward single-purpose appropriation mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act appropriates funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet valid claims under the Deed of Guarantee (dated 23 December 2008) that supported short‑term inventory finance for car dealerships during the 2008–09 crisis. It does not create the guarantee itself but ensures the government can pay lenders’ claims, in Australia or overseas, via a special appropriation that operates automatically when claims arise."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009","history":"/api/acts/car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/car-dealership-financing-guarantee-appropriation-act-2009/documents"}}