{"id":"sl-2016-9","name":"Legislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016","slug":"legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"9 of 2016","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173435,"registerId":"act-sl-2016-9-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nLegislative Assembly Precincts\nRegulation 2016\nSL2016-9\nmade under the\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Act 2001\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 4 May 2016\nRepublication date: 4 May 2016\nRegulation not amended\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Legislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016, made under the\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Act 2001 (including any amendment made under the Legislation\nAct 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 4 May 2016. It also includes any\ncommencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n04/05/16\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016\nEffective: 04/05/16\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLegislative Assembly Precincts\nRegulation 2016\nmade under the\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Act 2001\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Premises included in Assembly precincts—Act, s 6 (2) 2\nSchedule 1 Required property 3\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 5\n\n\n\nR1\n04/05/16\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016\nEffective: 04/05/16\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLegislative Assembly Precincts\nRegulation 2016\nmade under the\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Act 2001\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Legislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016\nEffective: 04/05/16\nR1\n04/05/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Legislative Assembly Precincts\nRegulation 2016.\n3 Premises included in Assembly precincts—Act, s 6 (2)\n(1) The required property is to be treated as part of the Assembly\nprecincts for the Act.\n(2) In this section:\nrequired property means that part of block 22, section 19, division\nof City, Canberra Central District that is 624m2 of Level 1 (east) of\nthe North Building as indicated in the shaded areas on the plan of\npremises in schedule 1.\n\nRequired property Schedule 1\nR1\n04/05/16\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016\nEffective: 04/05/16\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Required property\n(see s 3 )\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Legislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016\nEffective: 04/05/16\nR1\n04/05/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR1\n04/05/16\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016\nEffective: 04/05/16\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nLegislative Assembly Precincts Regulation 2016 SL2016-9\nnotified LR 3 May 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 3 May 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 4 May 2016 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2016","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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The alteration is geographically narrow and defined by the plan in Schedule 1; it therefore changes the Act’s territorial reach without creating new duties beyond those in the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single-purpose instrument: it designates one defined property as part of the Assembly precincts (see s 3(1)–(2)).","Dependence on spatial definition and plan in Schedule 1 increases reliance on an external diagram to resolve exact boundaries.","Legal effect is procedural rather than substantive: it extends existing Act provisions to the listed area rather than creating new regulatory regimes.","Low cross-referencing: primary operational effect flows from the parent Act rather than multiple subordinate provisions.","Potential compliance/administration tasks limited to signage, access control and enforcement within the newly included area."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation treats a specified 624 m2 area of Level 1 (east) of the North Building (part of block 22, section 19, Division of City, Canberra Central) as part of the Legislative Assembly precincts under the Legislative Assembly Precincts Act 2001. Mechanically, the Act’s powers, access rules and offences apply to that particular space, affecting occupants, visitors, property managers and officials responsible for enforcement."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation serves exactly its original intended purpose: to specify additional premises to be treated as Assembly precincts under the parent Act. There is no scope creep; it is a straightforward, single-purpose instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 2 operative sections (sections 1 and 3, with section 2 being commencement)","Single definition: only one defined term ('required property')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act citation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or offences","Purely descriptive/delineating function—identifies a specific physical location via schedule","Schedule consists of a reference to a plan rather than complex tabular data"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation adds a 624 m² portion of Level 1 (east) of the North Building (Block 22, Section 19, Canberra) to the ACT Legislative Assembly precincts. \n\nThat change brings the space under the Assembly’s control and the Legislative Assembly Precincts Act 2001, affecting Assembly staff who use it and visitors who will be subject to parliamentary security, access and conduct rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016","history":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-precincts-regulation-2016/documents"}}