{"id":"F2022L00099","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Regulation) Certificate 2022","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441191,"registerId":"F2022L00099-fast-fetch-1775956554818","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Regulation) Certificate 2022","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 (Deferral of Sunsetting—Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Regulation) Certificate 2022\n\nI, Michaelia Cash, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 25 January 2022\n\nMichaelia Cash\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Deferral of sunsetting\n\n5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Regulation) Certificate 2022.\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instrument is registered. 3 February 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n4  Deferral of sunsetting\n\n  The Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Regulation 2012, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2022, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2023.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2023.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1500},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This certificate does not alter the substantive scope, content, or application of the underlying Clean Energy Regulation; it merely extends its lifespan by 12 months without adding or removing any legal obligations or rights."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with a single operative provision (section 4)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple linear operation (extends a date by exactly 12 months)","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the Legislation Act 2003 and the target Regulation)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This certificate delays the automatic expiry (called \"sunsetting\") of the *Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Regulation 2012* by one year.\n\n**Why it matters:** Under Australian law, most regulations automatically \"sunset\" (expire) after 10 years to ensure old laws don't stay on the books indefinitely. This instrument pushes back the expiry date from **1 April 2022** to **1 April 2023**.\n\n**Key points:**\n- It does **not** change the actual clean energy rules—only how long they remain in force.\n- It is made by the Attorney-General under the *Legislation Act 2003*.\n- The certificate itself disappears on **2 April 2023** (the day after the new expiry date)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-clean-energy-consequential-amendments-regulation-certificate-2022/documents"}}