{"id":"F2015L02005","name":"Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Commencement Proclamation 2015","slug":"migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93772,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L02005-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Commencement Proclamation 2015","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.jpeg)\n\n \n\nMigration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Commencement Proclamation 2015\n\nI, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Act 2015, fix 16 February 2016 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 10 December 2015\n\nPeter Cosgrove\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nPeter Dutton\n\nMinister for Immigration and Border Protection\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1125},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly its intended procedural function: bringing Schedule 1 of the parent Act into force. It has not expanded beyond its purpose of fixing a commencement date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretative sections","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-referencing schemes","Purely procedural machinery provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation acts as the \"on switch\" for new biometric rules in migration law. It sets **16 February 2016** as the start date for Schedule 1 of the *Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Act 2015*.\n\nIn practical terms, this means that from that date onwards, the government could begin operating new powers to collect and use biometric data (such as fingerprints, photographs, and other physical identifiers) from visa applicants and non-citizens under the Migration Act.\n\n**Key point:** This document does not contain the actual rules about biometrics—it simply fixes the calendar date when those rules (already passed by Parliament) begin to have legal force."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015","history":"/api/acts/migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-amendment-strengthening-biometrics-integrity-commencement-proclamation-2015/documents"}}