{"id":"F2023L00355","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation) Certificate 2023","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441787,"registerId":"F2023L00355-fast-fetch-1775956997990","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation) Certificate 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\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—Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation) Certificate 2023\n\nI, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 23 March 2023\n\nMark Dreyfus KC\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\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation) Certificate 2023.\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this instrument is registered. 28 March 2023\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2023, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2025.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2025.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2208},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a purely administrative mechanism to prevent a regulatory gap. It does not alter the substantive scope, content, or regulatory burden of the underlying Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012; it merely defers the automatic expiry date pending further policy review or replacement."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with a single, clear purpose","No defined terms or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the Legislation Act 2003 and the target regulation)","Straightforward temporal operation with no conditional logic or exceptions","Self-repealing mechanism (section 5) that requires no further action"],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate keeps Australia's illegal logging rules alive for another two years.\n\n**What it does:** Under Australian law, most regulations automatically expire (\"sunset\") after ten years unless they're actively reviewed and remade. The *Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012*—which requires businesses to check that timber isn't illegally logged—was scheduled to expire on 1 April 2023. This instrument pushes that expiry date to 1 April 2025.\n\n**Who it affects:** Importers of timber products and processors of Australian raw logs must continue following the existing due diligence rules to ensure their supply chains are legal.\n\n**Why it matters:** Without this extension, the regulations would have vanished, creating a gap in Australia's environmental trade protections. This temporary \"bridge\" maintains the status quo while the government develops a replacement scheme."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-illegal-logging-prohibition-regulation-certificate-2023/documents"}}