{"id":"F2022L00410","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Airport Instruments) Certificate 2022","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102341,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2022L00410-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Airport Instruments) Certificate 2022.","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4 Deferral of sunsetting\n\n  (1) The following instruments, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2024, are repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2026:\n    (a) Airports (Building Control) Regulations 1996;\n    (c) Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997.\n\n> Note: The Legislation (Airport Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2018 declared the sunsetting day of 1 April 2024 for the above instruments. Section 4 of this instrument, as in force before the commencement of the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Airport Instruments) Amendment Certificate 2025, provided for the sunsetting of the above instruments to be deferred to 1 April 2025.\n\n  (2) The Airports (Protection of Airspace) Regulations 1996, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2024, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2026.\n\n> Note: The Legislation (Airport Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2018 declared the sunsetting day of 1 April 2024 for the above instrument. Section 4 of this instrument, as in force before the commencement of the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Airport Instruments) Amendment Certificate 2024, provided for the sunsetting of the above instrument to be deferred to 1 April 2025.","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of this instrument","content":"#### 5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2026.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2122},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Certificate maintains its original purpose of deferring sunsetting for the same three airport instruments. While amendments have extended the deferral period from 2025 to 2026, this represents a technical extension of time rather than an expansion of subject matter or affected instruments."},"complexity_factors":["References to amendment history (2024 and 2025 amendments) in explanatory notes create temporal confusion about current effect","Requires understanding of the Legislation Act 2003 sunsetting framework to interpret effect","Multiple nested dates (original 2024 sunset, interim 2025 deferral, final 2026 deferral) in legislative notes"],"plain_english_summary":"This Certificate delays the automatic expiry of three airport regulations — on building control, environmental protection, and protection of airspace — by moving their sunset date from 1 April 2024 to 1 April 2026.  \n\nIt preserves existing safety and environmental rules for two more years so the government can review and remake them without those rules lapsing; the Certificate itself expires on 2 April 2026."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-airport-instruments-certificate-2022/documents"}}