{"id":"F2018L00613","name":"Legislation (Tobacco Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2018","slug":"legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439630,"registerId":"F2018L00613-fast-fetch-1775955580787","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Tobacco Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2018","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 (Tobacco Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2018\n\nI, Christian Porter, Attorney‑General, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 10 May 2018\n\nChristian Porter\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Repeal of tobacco instruments to facilitate review etc.\n\n5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Tobacco Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2018.\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this instrument is registered. 16 May 2018\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Legislation Act 2003.\n\n4  Repeal of tobacco instruments to facilitate review etc.\n\n  The following instruments are repealed by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2022:\n\n (a) the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Regulation 1993;\n\n (b) the Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2022.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1629},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly its intended technical function of altering sunset dates for specific tobacco regulations to facilitate review. There is no expansion beyond this stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections with no subsections beyond basic commencement rules","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple date-based operation (fixed repeal dates for two specific instruments)","Minimal cross-referencing (only to section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 and two named regulations)"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration extends the lifespan of two tobacco control regulations that were scheduled to automatically expire (or **\"sunset\"**). It delays the repeal of the **Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Regulation 1993** and the **Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011** until **1 April 2022**.\n\nThis gives the government time to review whether these rules—which ban tobacco advertising and require plain packaging on cigarette packs—should be kept, updated, or allowed to end. The declaration itself automatically disappears (is repealed) the day after these regulations are repealed.\n\n**Who it affects**: Tobacco companies, retailers, and health regulators who must comply with advertising and packaging laws.\n\n**Why it matters**: Without this extension, the regulations would have expired automatically under the *Legislation Act 2003*, potentially creating a gap in tobacco control laws while the government decided whether to remake them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018","history":"/api/acts/legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-tobacco-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2018/documents"}}