{"id":"F2010L02819","name":"Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Regulations 2010","slug":"freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"268 of 2010","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":84778,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L02819-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Regulations 2010","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFreedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Regulations 20101\n\nSelect Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 268\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010.\n\nDated 27 October 2010\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nBRENDAN O’CONNOR\n\nMinister for Privacy and Freedom of Information\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Regulations 2010.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on 1 November 2010.\n\n3 Privacy Commissioner transition — Australian Capital Territory\n\n(1) A reference to the Privacy Commissioner in the Privacy Act 1988 as applied by the Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 is taken to be a reference to the Australian Information Commissioner within the meaning of the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010.\n\n(2) To the extent that they are capable of applying in the Australian Capital Territory, the transitional arrangements in Parts 3 to 7 of Schedule 7 to the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 are taken to apply in relation to the exercise by the Privacy Commissioner of functions under the Privacy Act 1988 as applied by the Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1794},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain their original narrow, technical purpose: facilitating the transition of Privacy Commissioner functions to the Australian Information Commissioner specifically within the ACT jurisdiction. They have not expanded beyond this transitional machinery role."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to other Commonwealth and ACT Acts (Privacy Act 1988, Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010, ACT Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994)","Technical machinery-of-government provisions requiring knowledge of administrative restructures","Territorial limitation restricting operation to the Australian Capital Territory","Application of transitional provisions 'to the extent capable of applying' creates conditional operation"],"plain_english_summary":"These technical amendments align ACT law with the 2010 FOI reforms by treating references to the former Privacy Commissioner as the new Australian Information Commissioner and by extending transitional arrangements to the ACT. They affect the ACT Government Service and anyone with privacy or FOI matters, preventing legal gaps and ensuring existing complaints and investigations continue smoothly under the new oversight."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010","history":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/freedom-of-information-amendment-reform-regulations-2010/documents"}}