{"id":"F2024L01133","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Aged Care Instruments) Certificate 2024","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105354,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2024L01133-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Aged Care Instruments) Certificate 2024.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Deferral of sunsetting","content":"#### 4 Deferral of sunsetting\n\n  The following instruments, for which the sunsetting day is 1 October 2024, are repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 October 2026:\n\n    Accountability Principles 2014;\n    Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014;\n    Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014;\n    Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Residential Care Subsidy) Determination 2014;\n    Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination 2014;\n    Allocation Principles 2014;\n    Approval of Care Recipients Principles 2014;\n    Classification Principles 2014;\n    Extra Service Principles 2014;\n    Fees and Payments Principles 2014 (No. 2);\n    Grant Principles 2014;\n    Information Principles 2014;\n    Quality of Care Principles 2014;\n    Records Principles 2014;\n    Subsidy Principles 2014;\n    User Rights Principles 2014.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal of this instrument","content":"#### 5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 October 2026.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: deferring sunsetting dates. It does not expand beyond its original purpose of administrative date-shifting."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections, with sections 1 and 3 being purely mechanical (name and authority)","Single operative provision (section 4) containing a straightforward list deferral","No defined terms, no conditional logic, no cross-references beyond the empowering provision","Self-repealing mechanism (section 5) is simple and automatic","No exceptions, nested or otherwise"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily delays the automatic expiry of 16 aged‑care rules, extending their sunset date from 1 October 2024 to 1 October 2026. It keeps subsidy, quality, fee, user‑rights and approval arrangements in place so providers, older Australians and the administering department avoid legal and funding disruption while reforms or replacements are prepared."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument changes the temporal scope only: it defers the sunsetting (repeal) of the listed 2014 aged‑care instruments from 1 October 2024 to 1 October 2026 (s4). It does not expand or reduce the substantive content, persons regulated, or powers in those instruments. The certificate itself is repealed at the start of 2 October 2026 (s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Temporal-only change: the instrument defers the repeal date rather than amending substantive rules (s4).","Clear legal basis: made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003, so the power exercised is specific and statutory (s3).","Finite list of instruments: it names a contained set of 2014 aged care instruments, limiting scope to those instruments (s4).","Self-repeal timing: the certificate itself is scheduled to be repealed at the start of 2 October 2026, creating a short, fixed administrative window (s5).","Low administrative discretion: the measure operates by setting dates rather than delegating new powers or standards.","Operational impact concentrated: compliance obligations remain for providers, recipients and regulators, but no new compliance categories are created."],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate delays the automatic repeal (sunsetting) of a group of 2014 aged‑care legislative instruments from 1 October 2024 to 1 October 2026 (s4). It keeps existing rules on subsidies, fees, quality, records and user rights in force for two extra years. Made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003 (s3), it affects aged‑care providers, care recipients and regulators by extending the period they must continue to comply; it changes timing only, not substantive content."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-aged-care-instruments-certificate-2024/documents"}}