{"id":"F2009L00268","name":"Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008 - Proclamation (05/02/2009)","slug":"migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76798,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L00268-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008 - Proclamation (05/02/2009)","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 item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No.1) 2008, fix 15 February 2009 as the day on which items 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 2 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 5 February 2009\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":2072},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation with a narrow procedural scope limited to activating specific provisions of the parent Act on a fixed date. It does not alter the substantive scope of the underlying legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single procedural purpose (fixing commencement date)","No substantive legal provisions or defined terms","Simple enumeration of 10 specific item numbers","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other Acts"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal **commencement proclamation** — it doesn't create new rules itself, but rather \"switches on\" specific parts of a previously passed law.\n\nOn **15 February 2009**, ten specific items from the Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2008 took effect. These items (numbered 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 20 from Schedule 2) had been sitting dormant since the original Act passed, waiting for the Governor-General to fix this date.\n\n**What this means:** The actual changes to migration law contained in those ten items became legally enforceable on 15 February 2009. Without this proclamation, those specific amendments would remain inactive."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009","history":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-act-no-1-2008-proclamation-05-02-2009/documents"}}