{"id":"F2019L01220","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Electronic Transactions Regulations) Certificate 2019","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440238,"registerId":"F2019L01220-fast-fetch-1775955943478","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Electronic Transactions Regulations) 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—Electronic Transactions Regulations) Certificate 2019\n\nI, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 16 September 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—Electronic Transactions Regulations) 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 after this instrument is registered. 20 September 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Electronic Transactions Regulations 2000, for which the sunsetting day is 1 October 2019, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 October 2020.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 October 2020.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2118},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow administrative function authorised by section 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003—deferring the sunsetting date of the Electronic Transactions Regulations by one year. It does not expand, alter, or add to the substantive scope of the underlying regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with no defined terms or schedules","Single substantive operation: deferring a statutory expiry date","Minimal cross-referencing (only to section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003)","Self-repealing provision (section 5) with automatic cessation"],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate is a short, technical instrument that **delays the automatic expiry** (called 'sunsetting') of the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2000 by one year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Normally, older regulations are automatically repealed ('sunset') after 10 years unless reviewed and remade.\n- The Electronic Transactions Regulations were due to sunset on 1 October 2019.\n- This certificate pushes that expiry date back to 1 October 2020.\n- The certificate itself then self-destructs on 2 October 2020.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- This does **not** change any rules about electronic signatures, contracts, or transactions.\n- It simply keeps the existing Electronic Transactions Regulations operational for another year while the government reviews or remakes them.\n- Businesses and individuals can continue relying on the existing electronic transaction rules without disruption during this extension period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-electronic-transactions-regulations-certificate-2019/documents"}}