{"id":"F2008L04699","name":"Commencement (Agreement between Australia and Japan on Social Security) Instrument 2008","slug":"commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121074,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L04699-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement (Agreement between Australia and Japan on Social Security) Instrument 2008","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Australian Crime Commission - Commencement of Amendment Regulations Commencement 2006\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nCommencement (Agreement between Australia and Japan on Social Security) Instrument 2008\n\nSocial Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)\n\nI, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under paragraph 2(1)(b) of the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1), fix 1 January 2009 as the day on which Schedule 1 to those Regulations commences.\n\nDated 15th December  2008\n\nJ Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1435},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited procedural function described in its title and enabling provision—setting a commencement date. There is no expansion beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms section","No substantive legal rules, conditions, or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites the enabling regulation provision)","Document length is approximately 100 words excluding formalities"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets **1 January 2009** as the start date for Schedule 1 of the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).\n\n**What this means:**\n- It activates the regulations that implement the **social security agreement between Australia and Japan**\n- The agreement helps people who have lived or worked in both countries to access age pensions, disability support pensions, and other benefits by combining (totalising) their periods of residence or contributions from both nations\n- Without this commencement date, the regulations (and therefore the treaty implementation) would not take effect\n\n**Who made it:** The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs used her powers under the Regulations to fix this date.\n\n**Why it matters:** This procedural step was necessary to give legal effect to the international treaty, ensuring eligible people could start claiming benefits under the new arrangement from 1 January 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008","history":"/api/acts/commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commencement-agreement-between-australia-and-japan-on-social-security-instrument-2008/documents"}}