{"id":"F2019L00243","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations) Certificate 2019","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439959,"registerId":"F2019L00243-fast-fetch-1775955778745","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—National Rental Affordability Scheme 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—National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations) Certificate 2019\n\nI, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 27 February 2019\n\nChristian Porter\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—National Rental Affordability Scheme 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this instrument is registered. 5 March 2019\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations 2008, 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":2293},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited administrative function described in its title—deferring the automatic repeal date. There is no expansion beyond this narrow technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 sections total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 4)","Straightforward administrative mechanism (sunsetting deferral under Legislation Act 2003)"],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate temporarily delayed the automatic expiry of regulations supporting the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Australian regulations usually 'sunset' (automatically expire) after 10 years unless renewed\n- This certificate deferred the sunset date of the *National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations 2008* by one year\n- Instead of expiring in April 2019, the regulations remained in force until April 2020\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Housing providers participating in the NRAS program\n- Tenants in affordable housing under the scheme\n- Government agencies administering rental incentives\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this technical fix, the regulations would have vanished automatically, potentially causing uncertainty for affordable housing contracts. This deferral gave the government breathing room to decide whether to remake, replace, or end the scheme properly.\n\n**Key point:** This did not change the rental scheme's actual rules—it simply extended the 'use-by date' of the existing regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-national-rental-affordability-scheme-regulations-certificate-2019/documents"}}