{"id":"C2004L06623","name":"Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 - Proclamation (20/11/2003)","slug":"environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28269,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06623-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 - Proclamation (20/11/2003)","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\nEnvironment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003\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 Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003, fix 1 January 2004 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 20 November 2003\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nDAVID KEMP\n\nMinister for the Environment and Heritage\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1092},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement proclamation exercising the power already contained in the parent Act. It does not alter the substantive scope of the legislation; it merely activates Schedule 1 on the specified date as authorised by the original Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","Reference to only one external provision (subsection 2(1) of the parent Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal proclamation (an official announcement) by the Governor-General that sets **1 January 2004** as the date when **Schedule 1** of the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 comes into force.\n\nIn plain terms:\n- The Parliament passed an Amendment Act containing changes to environmental and heritage laws\n- Not all of it started immediately\n- This proclamation officially 'switches on' Schedule 1 of those changes on New Year's Day 2004\n\nWithout this proclamation, those specific amendments would remain dormant and not have legal effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003","history":"/api/acts/environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-and-heritage-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2003-proclamation-20-11-2003/documents"}}