{"id":"F2021L00515","name":"Corporations (Transitional) Director Identification Number Extended Application Period 2021","slug":"corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":101741,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L00515-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 (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 9.1A of the Corporations Act 2001 commences.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3. Application","sectionType":"part","heading":"3. Application","content":"## 3. Application\n\nThis instrument applies from the day the Registrar is appointed for the purposes of Part 9.1A of the Corporations Act 2001.","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 ID legislation will trigger the requirement for eligible officers to have a director identification number (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 2021. |\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 Act 2001\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 subsection 1653(2) of the Corporations Act 2001\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) 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 1272E(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 2021.\n\n7. Extended application period\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 1272C(2)(a)(iii) of the Act a person within the class defined by section 6 has until 30 November 2022 to apply for a director ID.","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument does not alter who must hold a director ID under the Act; it only changes timing for a defined class of new eligible officers. Section 6 defines the covered class (became eligible between the application day and 31 October 2021) and section 7 extends their application deadline to 30 November 2022. No substantive obligations or definitions in the Act are amended by this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to the Corporations Act and specific provisions (the instrument operates by reference to subsection 1653(2), paragraph 1272C(2)(a)(iii) and subsection 1272E(2)), requiring interpretive work across instruments.","Commencement dependencies: the instrument commences on the later of registration and commencement of Part 9.1A, and applies from the day the Registrar is appointed (secs 2–3).","Narrow temporal class: the class is defined by becoming an eligible officer between the application day and 31 October 2021 (sec 6), so eligibility depends on precise date calculations.","Administrative discretion: the Minister/Registrar roles affect timing and application of transitional rules (definition of transitional application period and application timing in secs 3 and 5).","Limited substantive change: the instrument only extends the application deadline (to 30 November 2022) for that class (sec 7), so legal effect is narrow but interacts with broader ID regime."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument extends the deadline for certain new company officers to apply for a director identification number (director ID). People who became eligible officers between the application day and 31 October 2021 now have until 30 November 2022 to apply. It affects individuals who newly became eligible officers; they must complete an application by the new deadline, creating a discrete compliance task, while the Registrar and Minister control commencement and transitional timing under the Corporations Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, temporary function suggested by its title: extending an application deadline for a specific cohort during the transitional period. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (7 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 5 defined terms in the instrument itself, with 3 additional terms referenced from the parent Act","Single, clear conditional test in section 6 (two criteria: not previously an eligible officer, and became one during the specified window)","No nested exceptions or cross-references beyond the necessary references to the Corporations Act 2001","Straightforward extension of a single deadline from 28 days to a fixed date"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a temporary rule that gives certain new company directors more time to get their director ID (a unique number that identifies who they are).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Normally, new directors must apply for a director ID within 28 days of becoming a director.\n- This instrument extends that deadline for a specific group of people.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People who were **not** directors (or eligible officers) before the director ID system started, **and**\n- Who become directors between when the system starts and **31 October 2021**.\n\n**What changes for them:**\n- Instead of 28 days, these people have until **30 November 2022** to apply for their director ID.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- It gives breathing room to people who become directors in the early months of the new system, so they don't get caught out by the short 28-day window while the system is bedding in."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021","history":"/api/acts/corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/corporations-transitional-director-identification-number-extended-application-period-2021/documents"}}