{"id":"F2025L01115","name":"Legislation (Imported Food and Biosecurity Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2025","slug":"legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442971,"registerId":"F2025L01115-fast-fetch-1775957891759","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Imported Food and Biosecurity Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLegislation (Imported Food and Biosecurity Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2025\n\nI, Michelle Rowland, Attorney‑General, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 16 September 2025\n\nMichelle Rowland\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Aligning of sunsetting\n\n5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Imported Food and Biosecurity Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2025.\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instrument is registered. 18 September 2025\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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under subsection 51A(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n4  Aligning of sunsetting\n\n  The following instruments are repealed by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2031:\n\n (a) Imported Food Charges (Collection) Regulation 2015;\n\n (b) Imported Food Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulation 2015;\n\n (c) Imported Food Charges (Imposition—General) Regulation 2015;\n\n (d) Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Regulation 2016;\n\n (e) Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Regulation 2016.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2031.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function intended by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003—aligning sunset dates for related instruments. There is no scope creep; it affects precisely the five regulations named and does nothing else."},"complexity_factors":["Very short (5 sections, approximately 1 page)","No defined terms section","Minimal conditional logic (only commencement table with standard provisions)","Single operative provision (section 4) with straightforward list of 5 instruments","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of enabling power (Legislation Act 2003, s 51A(1))","Self-repealing mechanism is simple and explicit"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument postpones the automatic expiry of five regulations—three on imported food charges (2015) and two on biosecurity charges (2016)—by moving their sunset date to 1 April 2031. It keeps current charging arrangements for imported food inspections and biosecurity services in place while the government reviews whether to remake, consolidate, or let them lapse. The instrument itself expires on 2 April 2031."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the substantive scope or content of the listed Imported Food and Biosecurity charging regulations; it only aligns their automatic repeal to 1 April 2031 (s.4). It therefore preserves existing obligations, who pays the charges, and administrative authorities under those regulations for the extended period. The declaration itself is set to be repealed at the start of 2 April 2031 (s.5)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, mechanical change: aligns repeal dates for five named instruments rather than amending substantive regulatory content (s.4).","Clear legal authority: made under subsection 51A(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 (s.3).","Simple commencement rule: instrument takes effect the day after registration (s.2(1)).","Short, fixed temporal structure: listed instruments repeal on 1 April 2031 and this declaration itself is repealed at the start of 2 April 2031 (s.4–5).","Operational impact limited but concrete: maintains existing charge, collection and imposition rules and therefore preserves current compliance burdens and fee obligations for importers and administering agencies while in force (s.4).","Low procedural complexity: no delegation of new powers, no new regulatory definitions, and no phased implementation requirements.","Potential interaction risk: aligning sunsets may interact with unrelated legislative or regulatory amendments that depend on those instruments’ expiry dates."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration shifts the automatic repeal (sunset) of five imported‑food and biosecurity charging regulations so they will be repealed together on 1 April 2031. It keeps the statutory rules for imposing, collecting and administering those charges in force until that date. It affects importers (who pay the charges) and the agencies that set, collect or enforce them, because fee bases, compliance obligations and administrative discretion under those regulations remain operative while they are not repealed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025","history":"/api/acts/legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-imported-food-and-biosecurity-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2025/documents"}}