{"id":"F2019L00473","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Declaration of Aboriginal Land) Certificate 2019","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440009,"registerId":"F2019L00473-fast-fetch-1775955810876","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Declaration of Aboriginal Land) Certificate 2019","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—Declaration of Aboriginal Land) Certificate 2019\n\nI, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 29 March 2019\n\nChristian Porter\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \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—Declaration of Aboriginal Land) Certificate 2019.\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 this instrument is registered. 29 March 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Declaration of Aboriginal Land (11/10/1995), for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2019, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2020.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2020.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1648},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, procedural instrument exercising a specific power under the Legislation Act 2003 to defer sunsetting. It performs exactly the limited administrative function described in its title without scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections","Single operational provision (section 4)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Minimal cross-references (only cites parent Legislation Act 2003)","Straightforward date-based mechanics with no exceptions or conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate **extends the life of a 1995 Declaration about Aboriginal land** by one year.\n\nUnder Australian law, most legislative instruments automatically expire (\"sunset\") after 10 years unless reviewed. The Declaration of Aboriginal Land from 11 October 1995 was due to sunset on 1 April 2019.\n\n**What this certificate does:**\n- Pushes the expiry date back to **1 April 2020** (a 12-month extension)\n- Gives the government time to review whether the 1995 Declaration should be kept, remade, or allowed to expire permanently\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- This is mainly an administrative measure for the government, but it indirectly affects any Aboriginal land interests covered by the original 1995 Declaration, ensuring those arrangements stay valid for another year while the review happens.\n\n**Self-destruct clause:**\nThis certificate itself disappears on 2 April 2020, the day after the new sunset date takes effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-declaration-of-aboriginal-land-certificate-2019/documents"}}