{"id":"C2004L06562","name":"Migratory Birds (Repeal) Ordinance 2002 (ACI)","slug":"migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28230,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06562-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migratory Birds (Repeal) Ordinance 2002 (ACI)","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\nTerritory of ashmore and cartier iSLANDS\n\nMigratory Birds (Repeal) Ordinance 2002\n\nNo. 1 of 20021\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933.\n\nDated 2 May 2002\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nWILSON TUCKEY\n\nMinister for Regional Services, Territories and Local\n\nGovernment\n\nAn Ordinance to repeal the Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name of Ordinance\n\n  This Ordinance is the Migratory Birds (Repeal) Ordinance 2002.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  This Ordinance commences on gazettal.\n\n3 Repeal\n\n  The following Ordinances are repealed:\n\n  No. 1 of 1980\n\n  No. 1 of 1985\n\n  No. 1 of 1988.\n\nNote\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 May 2002.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1855},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the limited function stated in its long title—repealing three specified earlier ordinances. It does not expand into new regulatory areas or add replacement provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (Name, Commencement, and Repeal)","No definitions or interpretation section","Single, unqualified repeal provision containing only a bulleted list of three ordinance numbers","No conditional language, exceptions, or cross-references to other active statutes","Extremely short length (less than one page)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\nThis law scraps the old rules protecting migratory birds in the Ashmore and Cartier Islands territory. It cancels three earlier laws: the original *Migratory Birds Ordinance 1980* and two later updates from 1985 and 1988.\n\n**Who it affects**\nThis applies to the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean. It affects anyone who might interact with bird protection regulations in that area—though in practice, responsibility for protecting migratory birds likely shifted to Commonwealth environmental laws (such as the *Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999*).\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis tidies up the statute book by removing outdated, territory-specific bird laws. Instead of maintaining separate local ordinances for bird protection, the islands now rely on national environmental laws that apply consistently across all Australian territories."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci","history":"/api/acts/migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migratory-birds-repeal-ordinance-2002-aci/documents"}}