{"id":"F2008L04674","name":"Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Control on Discharge of Scheduled Substances — Startup Date) Proclamation 2008","slug":"ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121036,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L04674-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Control on Discharge of Scheduled Substances — Startup Date) Proclamation 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\nOzone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management (Control on Discharge of Scheduled Substances — Startup Date) Proclamation 2008\n\nOzone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 45B (4) of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989, fix 1 January 2009 as the startup date.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 12 December 2008\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE  Governor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nPETER ROBERT GARRETT\n\nMinister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1219},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement instrument that activates existing prohibitions in the parent Act. It does not expand the substantive scope of the regulatory scheme; it merely sets the temporal trigger for section 45B (control on discharge) to become enforceable."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (one sentence fixing the date)","No defined terms or dictionary section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Only legislative cross-reference is the enabling subsection in the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This law sets **1 January 2009** as the date when the ban on deliberately releasing harmful industrial gases into the atmosphere takes effect.\n\nUnder the Ozone Protection Act, it is illegal to discharge (release) \"scheduled substances\" — these are ozone-depleting chemicals like refrigerants and fire suppressants, plus synthetic greenhouse gases. This Proclamation simply activates that ban, making it a punishable offence to vent these substances into the air from New Year's Day 2009 onwards.\n\n**Who it affects:** Air-conditioning and refrigeration technicians, mechanics, and anyone handling industrial solvents or fire suppression systems. They must now capture and recycle these gases rather than letting them escape."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance","history":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ozone-protection-and-synthetic-greenhouse-gas-management-control-on-discharge-of-scheduled-substance/documents"}}