{"id":"F2009L02375","name":"Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Act 2008 - Proclamation (18/06/2009)","slug":"migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":79278,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L02375-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Act 2008 - Proclamation (18/06/2009)","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 (Worker Protection) Act 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 (Worker Protection) Act 2008, fix 14 September 2009 as the day on which Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 18 June 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":1553},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation that performs a purely procedural function—activating existing legislative provisions on a specified date—without expanding, restricting, or altering the substantive scope of the underlying Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing one commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Purely administrative function with no substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 14 September 2009 as the commencement date for two Schedules of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Act 2008, bringing those previously dormant worker-protection rules into force. It matters because migrant workers gain the Act’s legal protections from that date and employers become obliged to comply with the activated provisions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009","history":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-legislation-amendment-worker-protection-act-2008-proclamation-18-06-2009/documents"}}