{"id":"F2020L00325","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Transport Safety Investigation Regulations) Certificate 2020","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440425,"registerId":"F2020L00325-fast-fetch-1775956053271","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Transport Safety Investigation Regulations) Certificate 2020","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—Transport Safety Investigation Regulations) Certificate 2020\n\nI, Christian Porter, Attorney-General, make the following certificate.\n\nDated 21 March 2020\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\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Transport Safety Investigation Regulations) Certificate 2020.\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this instrument is registered. 28 March 2020\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2020, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 October 2021.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 October 2021.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2197},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the narrow administrative function described in its title—deferring the sunsetting of the specified regulations. There is no expansion beyond the technical machinery of extending a legislative instrument's lifespan."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with a single operative provision (section 4)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing limited to standard authority citations","Self-repealing mechanism provides automatic clean-up"],"plain_english_summary":"**This certificate extends the expiry date for Australia's transport safety investigation rules.**\n\nUnder Australian law, most regulations automatically expire after 10 years through a process called *sunsetting* (automatic repeal). The Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003—which set out how aviation, maritime, and rail incidents are investigated—were scheduled to sunset on 1 April 2020.\n\nThis certificate **delays that expiry until 1 October 2021**, giving the government an extra 18 months to review and remake the regulations before they disappear.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Transport safety investigators continue operating under existing rules until October 2021\n- The public and transport operators face no disruption from sudden regulatory gaps\n- The certificate automatically deletes itself on 2 October 2021 (the day after the new expiry date)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-transport-safety-investigation-regulations-certificate-2020/documents"}}