{"id":"F2005L04088","name":"Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Act 2005 - Proclamation","slug":"copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40039,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L04088-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Act 2005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\nCopyright Amendment (Film Directors’ Rights) 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 Copyright Amendment (Film Directors’ Rights) Act 2005, fix 19 December 2005 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 15 December 2005\n\n \n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1429},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly its intended function: setting the commencement date for the substantive Act. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","No defined terms, cross-references, or conditional logic within the proclamation","Purely administrative machinery with no substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal **commencement proclamation** signed by the Governor-General. It simply sets the date—**19 December 2005**—when Schedule 1 of the Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Act 2005 comes into force (i.e., becomes legally active).\n\nWhile this proclamation itself is just an administrative \"start button,\" it activates the main Act, which:\n- Gives film directors **moral rights** (the right to be credited and to prevent harmful changes to their work)\n- Ensures directors share in **copyright royalties** when films are copied or communicated to the public\n\nIn short: this legal notice tells us exactly when film directors started receiving these specific protections under Australian law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/copyright-amendment-film-directors-rights-act-2005-proclamation/documents"}}