{"id":"F2024L00397","name":"Legislation (Autonomous Sanctions Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2024","slug":"legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442351,"registerId":"F2024L00397-fast-fetch-1775957375221","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Autonomous Sanctions Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLegislation (Autonomous Sanctions Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2024\n\nI, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 21 March 2024\n\nMark Dreyfus KC\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Aligning of sunsetting\n\n5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Autonomous Sanctions Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 29 March 2024\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 51A(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n4  Aligning of sunsetting\n\n  The following instruments are repealed by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 October 2027:\n\n (a) Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012;\n\n (b) Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011;\n\n (c) Autonomous Sanctions (Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol) Specification 2015;\n\n (d) Autonomous Sanctions (Sanction Law) Declaration 2012.\n\nNote: The Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Autonomous Sanctions Instruments) Certificate 2022 provided for the sunsetting day of the instruments listed at paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) to be deferred to 1 April 2024.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 October 2027.\n","sortOrder":0}],"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration does not change the substantive coverage or legal powers of the named sanctions instruments; it only changes the timing of their repeal (see s4) and sets the declaration's own repeal (see s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow legal effect: only alters repeal (sunsetting) dates for existing instruments rather than substantive law (see s4).","Statutory authority: made under subsection 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 (see s3), requiring attention to that Act's mechanics.","Multiple instrument cross‑references: lists four separate sanctions instruments by name, which practitioners must identify and track (see s4).","Timing and commencement mechanics: commencement is the day after registration and the instrument self‑repeals (see s2, s5).","Practical compliance consequence: preserves existing obligations and enforcement responsibilities until the new sunsetting date (implied by s4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration delays the automatic sunsetting of four named autonomous‑sanctions instruments so they will now be repealed on 1 October 2027, and it sets its own repeal for 2 October 2027. It takes effect the day after registration and is made under subsection 51A of the Legislation Act (see ss2–5). It keeps existing sanctions obligations, prohibitions and regulatory powers in force until the new repeal date, affecting regulated persons, businesses and enforcement agencies."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 — deferring sunsetting dates. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (5 sections, ~300 words)","No defined terms section","Single operative provision (section 4) with a simple list of four instruments","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Cross-references only to the enabling Legislation Act 2003 and the four named instruments being extended","Self-repealing mechanism (section 5) is straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument postpones the automatic expiry of four sanctions-related instruments—keeping Australia’s autonomous sanctions (including measures on Syria, Russia, Crimea/Sevastopol and the definition of “sanction law”) in force until 1 October 2027. \n\nIt’s a temporary “holding pattern” so businesses, banks, travellers and enforcement agencies remain bound by existing sanctions while broader framework reforms are developed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024","history":"/api/acts/legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-autonomous-sanctions-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/documents"}}