{"id":"F2012L01177","name":"Revocation of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines - December 2008 (01/06/2012)","slug":"revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":163157,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01177-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Revocation of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines - December 2008 (01/06/2012)","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\nRevocation of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines\n\nFinancial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997\n\nI, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, pursuant to regulation 7 of the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, revoke the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines made on 10 October 2008 issued under regulation 7 of the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997.\n\nThis revocation takes effect on 1 July 2012.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated 1 June 2012\n\n \n\n \n\nPENELOPE YING YEN WONG  Minister for Finance and Deregulation\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1753},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward revocation instrument that performs exactly the single function described in its title—removing the 2008 Procurement Guidelines. There is no expansion of scope or creep beyond the original purpose of revoking the guidelines."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision revoking one specific instrument","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Minimal cross-referencing (only empowering provisions cited)","Extremely short length (less than one page)","Straightforward legal effect with no ambiguity"],"plain_english_summary":"This document formally **cancels (revokes) the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines issued in October 2008**.\n\n**What this does:**\n- The Finance Minister used her powers under the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations to scrap the old rules about how government agencies buy goods and services\n- The 2008 Procurement Guidelines are no longer legally binding on Commonwealth agencies as of **1 July 2012**\n- Government departments must stop following the 2008 rules and instead comply with whatever new procurement framework has replaced them\n\n**Who is affected:**\n- Commonwealth government agencies and departments that were required to follow the 2008 Procurement Guidelines\n- Businesses and suppliers who sell to the Australian Government, as the purchasing rules have changed\n\n**Legal basis:**\n- Made under the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012","history":"/api/acts/revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/revocation-of-the-commonwealth-procurement-guidelines-december-2008-01-06-2012/documents"}}