{"id":"F2013L00644","name":"Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Commencement Proclamation 2013","slug":"judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":172837,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00644-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Commencement Proclamation 2013","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nJudicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Commencement Proclamation 2013\n\nI, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Act 2012, fix 12 April 2013 as the day on which sections 3 to 83 of that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on               11 April 2013\n\nMarie Bashir\n\nAdministrator\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nMark Dreyfus QC\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1068},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation performs exactly the limited, technical function described in its title and enabling provision: commencing specific sections of the parent Act on a fixed date. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative sentence fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Purely procedural instrument with no substantive legal rights or obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal **commencement proclamation** — a legal instrument that switches on sections of an Act that Parliament has already passed.\n\nSpecifically, it activated **sections 3 to 83** of the *Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Act 2012* on **12 April 2013**.\n\n**What this means:**\n* The underlying Act creates a process where Parliament can set up commissions to investigate federal judges accused of serious misbehaviour or incapacity (inability to perform their duties).\n* This proclamation simply flicked the switch to make those investigation powers operational.\n* Until this proclamation was made, those sections were dormant — written into law but not yet enforceable.\n\n**Who is affected:**\n* Federal judges (High Court, Federal Court, Family Court, etc.) — because they became subject to the new investigation framework from this date.\n* The Attorney-General and Parliament — who gained the power to establish these investigative commissions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013","history":"/api/acts/judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/judicial-misbehaviour-and-incapacity-parliamentary-commissions-commencement-proclamation-2013/documents"}}