{"id":"F2021L00513","name":"Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) (Transitional) Director Identification Number Extended Application Period 2021","slug":"corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":101737,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L00513-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1. Name of instrument","sectionType":"part","heading":"1. Name of instrument","content":"## 1. Name of instrument\n\nThis instrument is the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) (Transitional) Director Identification Number Extended Application Period 2021.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2. Commencement","sectionType":"part","heading":"2. Commencement","content":"## 2. Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the later of:\n\n    the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation; and\n    the day on which Part 6-7A of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 commences.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3. Application","sectionType":"part","heading":"3. Application","content":"## 3. Application\n\nThis instrument applies from the day the Commonwealth Registrar is appointed for the purposes of Part 6-7A of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4. What this instrument is about","sectionType":"part","heading":"4. What this instrument is about","content":"## 4. What this instrument is about\n\n| The commencement of the director identification number (director ID) legislation will trigger the requirement for eligible officers to have a director ID. Individuals who were not an eligible officer prior to the commencement of the director ID legislation (new eligible officers) are required in the transitional period (first 12 months after the legislation commences) to apply for a director ID within 28 days of becoming an eligible officer.This instrument extends the application period in which new eligible officers are required to apply for a director ID if the individual becomes an eligible officer in the period;starting when the director ID legislation commences, andending 31 October 2022. |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5. Definitions","sectionType":"part","heading":"5. Definitions","content":"## 5. Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006\n\n> director ID means director identification number\n\n> director ID legislation means Schedule 2 of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020\n\n> transitional application period means the period the Minister specifies by legislative instrument for the purposes of subitem 9(2) in Schedule 2 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020\n\n> Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n    (a) application day;\n    (b) eligible officer;\n    (c) Commonwealth Registrar.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6. Class of person to whom this instrume","sectionType":"part","heading":"6. Class of person to whom this instrument applies","content":"## 6. Class of person to whom this instrument applies\n\nFor the purposes of subsection 308-30(2) of the Act the following class of person is defined for the purposes of allowing an extended period to apply for a director ID.\n\nA person falls within the class if the person:\n\n    was not an eligible officer immediately before the application day; and\n    becomes an eligible officer within the period:\n\n        starting on the application day, and\n        ending 31 October 2022.\n\n7. Extended application period\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 308-20(2)(a)(iii) of the Act a person within the class defined by section 6 has until 30 November 2023 to apply for a director ID.","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument narrows timing for eligibility and extends the deadline: it treats as in-scope persons who become eligible officers between the application day and 31 October 2022 (s6) and gives them until 30 November 2023 to apply for a director ID (s7), thereby extending the transitional application period established by Schedule 2 of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020 (Definitions, s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple single-subject instrument that alters only the application period (s7).","Depends on external commencement triggers (later of registration date and Part 6-7A commencement) (s2).","Applies only after the Commonwealth Registrar is appointed, creating a dependency on administrative fact (s3).","Relies on defined terms and provisions in the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and Schedule 2 of the Treasury Laws Amendment Act 2020, so interpretation requires cross-reference (Definitions, s5).","Defines a precise class of persons by timing (becoming an eligible officer between application day and 31 Oct 2022), which requires record-keeping to determine who falls in scope (s6)."],"plain_english_summary":"Extends the time new 'eligible officers' of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations have to apply for a director identification number: anyone who becomes an eligible officer between the application day and 31 October 2022 now has until 30 November 2023 to apply (s6–7). It affects individuals who take on officer roles under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act and changes the compliance deadline and transitional window tied to commencement and the Commonwealth Registrar appointment (Commencement; Application; s2–3; s6–7)."},"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 instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: extending the director ID application deadline for a specific transitional cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation officers. It does not expand beyond this narrow administrative adjustment."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 defined terms in the instrument itself, with 3 additional terms referenced from the parent Act","Single, clearly defined class of beneficiaries with two straightforward conditions","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond the date range and eligibility criteria","Direct cross-references to only two specific provisions of the parent Act (subsection 308-30(2) and paragraph 308-20(2)(a)(iii))","Very short length (7 sections, approximately 1 page)","Clear purpose statement in tabular format"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives extra time for eligible officers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations — those who became officers after the director ID regime began but by 31 October 2022 and were not already officers — to obtain a director identification number.\n\nIt extends the usual 28‑day application window to 30 November 2023, easing compliance burdens and reducing the risk of inadvertent non‑compliance."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten","history":"/api/acts/corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten/history","analysis":"/api/acts/corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/corporations-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-transitional-director-identification-number-exten/documents"}}