{"id":"F2024L00198","name":"Legislation (Treatment-Related Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2024","slug":"legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442285,"registerId":"F2024L00198-fast-fetch-1775957338000","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation (Treatment-Related Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 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 (Treatment‑related Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2024\n\nI, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following declaration.\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 Aligning of sunsetting\n\n5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Treatment-related Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 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instrument is registered. 21 February 2024\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 subsection 51A(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n4  Aligning of sunsetting\n\n  The instruments mentioned in the following table are repealed by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 October 2026.\n\n \n\n- Repeals of instruments\n- Item Instrument name FRL identifier\n- 1 MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme F2021C00166\n- 2 MRCA Private Patient Principles 2004 F2015L01339\n- 3 MRCA Treatment Principles F2022C01001\n- 4 Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme F2021C00172\n- 5 Repatriation Private Patient Principles F2015L01344\n- 6 Treatment Benefits (Special Access) (Modifications of the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Instrument 2019 F2019L00890\n- 7 Treatment Benefits (Special Access) (Modifications of the Repatriation Private Patient Principles) Instrument 2019 F2019L00898\n- 8 Treatment Benefits (Special Access) (Modifications of the Treatment Principles) Instrument 2019 F2019L00893\n- 9 Treatment Principles F2022C01030\n- 10 Veterans’ Affairs (Extended Eligibility for Treatment) Instrument 2015 F2018C00909\n- 11 Veterans’ Affairs (Extending Medication Chart Prescribing to Hospitals and Other Measures) Instrument 2015 F2015L00376\n- 12 Veterans’ Affairs (TRCP Treatment – Eligibility) Determination 2015 F2015L01264\n- 13 Veterans' Entitlements (Psychiatric Assessment ‑ Dependants of Vietnam Veterans) Determination 2000 F2015L01251\n\n\n \n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 October 2026.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This declaration changes the temporal scope of the named instruments by declaring they will be repealed under s51A of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 October 2026 (s4). The change therefore alters the duration those instruments remain in force; the declaration itself ceases at the start of 2 October 2026 (s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑reference to Legislation Act 2003 s51A as the operative authority (s3) — requires reading two instruments together.","Alignment and repeal of multiple discrete instruments (13 items listed) creates coordination across agencies and programs (s4).","Commencement and repeal timing mechanics: commencement on day after registration with a separate repeal date for this declaration (s2, s5).","Legal form is procedural (sunsetting), not substantive law‑making, so low doctrinal complexity but moderate administrative implementation complexity (s4).","Table format and the instrument identifiers require precise identification of affected instruments (s4 table)."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration sets a single sunsetting date for a list of treatment‑related legislative instruments: it fixes their repeal under section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 as 1 October 2026 (s4). The declaration took effect the day after registration (21 February 2024) and is itself repealed at the start of 2 October 2026 (ss2,5).\n\nIt affects the agencies, health providers and persons governed by the listed instruments and requires administrative adjustment before those instruments cease (s4)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 — aligning sunsetting dates for related instruments to enable coordinated review. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: only 5 sections covering naming, commencement, authority, substantive effect, and self-repeal","Single operative provision (section 4) with a straightforward table listing 13 instruments","No defined terms section — all references are to external instruments identified by FRL (Federal Register of Legislation) numbers","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Mechanical operation: simply specifies a new sunset date (1 October 2026) for listed instruments under a clear statutory power (Legislation Act 2003, s 51A)","Self-terminating: includes its own repeal date, avoiding ongoing regulatory burden"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument postpones the automatic expiry of 13 veterans’ healthcare rules—covering pharmaceutical benefits, hospital treatment, treatment principles, special access arrangements and eligibility—so they all instead expire on 1 October 2026. It affects veterans and their dependants, providers who treat them, and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs by preventing coverage gaps and allowing coordinated review. The declaration itself ceases on 2 October 2026."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024","history":"/api/acts/legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-treatment-related-instruments-sunset-altering-declaration-2024/documents"}}