{"id":"F2024L00190","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Privacy Regulation) Certificate 2024","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442281,"registerId":"F2024L00190-fast-fetch-1775957335817","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Privacy Regulation) Certificate 2024","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—Privacy Regulation) Certificate 2024\n\nI, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 15 February 2024\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—Privacy Regulation) Certificate 2024.\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instrument is registered. 21 February 2024\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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2003.\n\n4  Deferral of sunsetting\n\n  The Privacy Regulation 2013, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2024, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2026.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2026.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1675},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The certificate maintains its original narrow administrative purpose of deferring the sunsetting date of the Privacy Regulation 2013. It does not expand beyond the authority granted by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 or alter the substantive content of the Privacy Regulation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with a single operational purpose","No definitions or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only to authorising provision in the Legislation Act 2003 and the target Privacy Regulation)","Straightforward temporal operation with no conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate **extends the life of the Privacy Regulation 2013 by two years**.\n\n**What is \"sunsetting\"?**\nSunsetting is when a law automatically expires (repeals itself) on a fixed date unless action is taken to keep it. The Privacy Regulation was scheduled to automatically expire on 1 April 2024.\n\n**What this does:**\n- Pushes the expiry date of the Privacy Regulation 2013 from 1 April 2024 to 1 April 2026\n- Keeps the current detailed privacy rules in place while the government reviews or prepares replacement legislation\n\n**Who is affected:**\n- Businesses, government agencies, and organizations that handle personal information under the *Privacy Act 1988*\n- Individuals whose privacy rights are protected by these regulations\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this certificate, the detailed rules supporting Australia's privacy framework would have disappeared in April 2024, creating uncertainty for organizations and potentially weakening privacy protections. This ensures continuity while longer-term reforms are developed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-privacy-regulation-certificate-2024/documents"}}