{"id":"F2024L00325","name":"Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulations 2024","slug":"commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442317,"registerId":"F2024L00325-fast-fetch-1775957356090","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulations 2024","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCommonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulations 2024\n\nI, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated   14 March 2024\n\nDavid Hurley\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMark Dreyfus KC MP\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Designated State airports\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nCommonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulation 2014\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulations 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 19 March 2024\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970.\n\n6  Designated State airports\n\n  For the purposes of the definition of designated State airport in section 3 of the Act, the following airports are prescribed:\n\n (a) Adelaide Airport;\n\n (b) Brisbane Airport;\n\n (c) Coolangatta Airport (being the Gold Coast Airport);\n\n (d) Hobart Airport;\n\n (e) Melbourne Airport (being the Tullamarine Airport);\n\n (f) Perth Airport;\n\n (g) Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nCommonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulation 2014\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: prescribing which airports are 'designated State airports' under the parent Act. The 2024 version simply updates the mechanism (repealing and replacing the 2014 regulation) without expanding the scope or adding new categories of regulated entities."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","Simple list structure with no conditional logic or cross-references beyond the basic authority citation","No exceptions, nested provisions, or operative complexity","Essentially a machinery provision updating a list of prescribed airports"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation updates which airports are treated as \"Commonwealth places\" by designating seven major airports so State and Territory laws can apply there alongside federal law. It replaces the prior 2014 instrument.\n\nThat matters for travellers, airport workers, airlines, operators and police/regulators by clarifying which criminal, safety, environmental and other state laws govern activity on these federally owned or controlled airport sites."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Regulation 2014 (Schedule 1) and sets a new list of designated State airports (s6). Whether the substantive scope of which airports are designated has increased, reduced or stayed the same cannot be determined from this instrument alone because the text of the repealed 2014 regulation is not reproduced here. The instrument clearly changes the in-force regulation framework by replacing the prior instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: prescribes a fixed list of airports and repeals the prior regulation (s6; Schedule 1).","Direct cross-reference to primary statute for substantive effect: relies on definition in section 3 of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (s6), so interpretation requires consulting that Act.","Simple commencement mechanics: table-based commencement (day after registration) but includes standard note about publication (s2).","Limited use of definitions: only defines 'Act' for internal clarity (s5), reducing internal drafting complexity.","Legal effect depends on external material (the Act and the repealed 2014 instrument) — understanding net change requires comparing instruments outside this text."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation prescribes seven named airports as “designated State airports” for the purposes of section 3 of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 and repeals the 2014 regulation. It commences the day after registration. Mechanically, it changes which locations are treated under that Act as designated State airports and therefore affects the legal regime that applies at those airports and the people and businesses operating there."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-places-application-of-laws-regulations-2024/documents"}}