{"id":"C2004L06664","name":"Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 2002 - Proclamation (19/09/2002)","slug":"migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28313,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06664-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 2002 - Proclamation (19/09/2002)","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\nMigration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 2002\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 2002, fix 1 November 2002 as the day on which items 3, 5 and 9 to 17 of Schedule 1 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 19 September 2002\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency's Command\n\nGARY HARDGRAVE\n\nMinister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1415},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation operates strictly within the authority granted by the parent Act and does not expand or alter the substantive scope of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 2002. It merely specifies when particular provisions commence as permitted by the primary legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Only cross-reference is to the empowering provision in the parent Act (subsection 2(1))"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **commencement proclamation** — an official notice by the Governor-General that activates specific parts of a law on a particular date.\n\nSpecifically, this proclamation brings into force **items 3, 5, and 9 to 17 of Schedule 1** of the *Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents) Act 2002* on **1 November 2002**.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Certain amendments to migration agent laws became legally effective on this date\n- Until this proclamation was made, those specific sections were not yet active law, even though Parliament had passed the Act\n- The Governor-General issued this under powers granted by section 2(1) of the parent Act\n\n**Who is affected:**\n- Migration agents (people who give immigration advice for a fee)\n- People seeking visas or citizenship who use migration agents\n- The Migration Agents Registration Authority (which oversees the industry)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002","history":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-migration-agents-act-2002-proclamation-19-09-2002/documents"}}