{"id":"F2008L01863","name":"Screen Australia Act 2008 - Proclamation","slug":"screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":74071,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L01863-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Screen Australia Act 2008 - Proclamation","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\nScreen Australia Act 2008\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 Screen Australia Act 2008, fix 1 July 2008 as the day on which sections 3 to 45 of that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 30 May 2008\n\nP. M. JEFFERY  Governor-General\n\nBy His 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":1706},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs its sole intended function of commencing specified sections of the Screen Australia Act. No expansion of scope beyond the original commencement mechanism has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","No interpretation section or defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the parent Act citation","Extremely short length (one substantive paragraph)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation is the formal 'on switch' for the Screen Australia Act 2008. It declares that **sections 3 to 45** of the Act commence on **1 July 2008**.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Before this date, those sections were inactive (they had no legal force)\n- From 1 July 2008 onwards, the provisions establishing Screen Australia as Australia's national screen funding agency became operational\n- This includes the agency's powers to fund film, television, and digital media projects, its governance structure, and administrative functions\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Screen Australia (the agency itself)\n- Australian screen producers applying for government funding\n- Anyone interacting with the agency's legislative framework\n\nThis document performs a purely mechanical but essential legal function: without such a proclamation, parliamentary laws often cannot take practical effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/screen-australia-act-2008-proclamation/documents"}}