{"id":"F2012L00287","name":"Evidence Act 1995 - Proclamation","slug":"evidence-act-1995-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":142784,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L00287-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Evidence Act 1995 - 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\ntitle: Proclamation\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nEvidence Act 1995\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 4 (6) of the Evidence Act 1995, fix 1 March 2012 as the day on which the provisions of the Act (other than sections 185, 186 and 187) cease to apply to proceedings in an Australian Capital Territory court, except so far as the provisions apply to proceedings in all Australian courts.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 9 February 2012\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE  Governor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nNICOLA ROXON\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1221},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function authorised by subsection 4(6) of the Evidence Act 1995, which always intended for the Act's application to territories to cease when they enact their own evidence laws. The scope remains limited to the territorial application mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing one specific date","No defined terms or interpretation section","Straightforward territorial application clause","Minimal cross-referencing (only to specific section numbers 185-187)","No conditional logic or exceptions beyond the explicit exclusion of three sections"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 March 2012 as the date most of the Commonwealth Evidence Act 1995 ceases to apply to ACT courts, because the ACT adopted its own Evidence Act 2011. Three privilege provisions (ss 185–187) continue to apply to all Australian courts. It affects litigants, lawyers and judges in the ACT and marks the transfer of evidence-law responsibility to the territory."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/evidence-act-1995-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/evidence-act-1995-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/evidence-act-1995-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/evidence-act-1995-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/evidence-act-1995-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/evidence-act-1995-proclamation/documents"}}