{"id":"C2004L06654","name":"Marriage Amendment Act 2002 - Proclamation (30/07/2003)","slug":"marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28303,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06654-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Marriage Amendment Act 2002 - Proclamation (30/07/2003)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nMarriage Amendment Act 2002\n\nI, GUY STEPHEN MONTAGUE GREEN, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Marriage Amendment Act 2002, fix 1 September 2003 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 30 July 2003\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nAdministrator\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nDaryl williams\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1242},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly its intended function: bringing Schedule 1 of the Marriage Amendment Act 2002 into effect on 1 September 2003. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or glossary","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic citation","Straightforward administrative instrument with one clear purpose"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal proclamation (official announcement) that activates part of the Marriage Amendment Act 2002. It sets **1 September 2003** as the date when Schedule 1 of that Act comes into force.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- When Parliament passes a law, the changes don't always start immediately\n- This document is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the amendments contained in Schedule 1\n- Without this proclamation, those specific changes to marriage law would remain inactive"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003","history":"/api/acts/marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/marriage-amendment-act-2002-proclamation-30-07-2003/documents"}}