{"id":"F2008L03538","name":"Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008 - Proclamation (03/10/2008)","slug":"migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":120651,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03538-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008 - Proclamation (03/10/2008)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Proclamation\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nMigration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under items 2, 6 and 7 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008:\n\n(a) fix 7 October 2008 as the day on which items 3 to 5 and 14 of Schedule 5 to that Act commence; and\n\n(b) fix 27 October 2008 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences; and\n\n(c) fix 27 October 2008 as the day on which items 1 to 4 and subitems 6 (1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 3 October 2008\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE  Governor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nCHRIS EVANS\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2434},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs its narrow administrative function of fixing commencement dates for the parent Act. It has not expanded beyond its intended purpose of bringing specific provisions into force."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short procedural instrument (under 200 words)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple date-fixing mechanism with no conditional logic","Only internal references to the parent Act (no external cross-references)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal **commencement proclamation** made by the Governor-General. It sets the specific dates when certain parts of the *Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008* come into force (become law).\n\nSpecifically:\n- **7 October 2008**: Items 3–5 and 14 of Schedule 5 commence\n- **27 October 2008**: Schedule 1 commences  \n- **27 October 2008**: Items 1–4 and subitems 6(1) and 6(2) of Schedule 4 commence\n\nWithout this proclamation, those parts of the Act would not be active. This document simply activates these specific amendments to Australia's migration laws on the stated dates."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008","history":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-03-10-2008/documents"}}