{"id":"F2013L01435","name":"Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Commencement Proclamation 2013","slug":"sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":91257,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L01435-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Commencement Proclamation 2013","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nSex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Commencement Proclamation 2013\n\nI, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, 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 Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013, fix 1 August 2013 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 25 July 2013\n\nQuentin Bryce\n\nGovernor‑General  \n\n\n \n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command   \n\nMark Dreyfus QC\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2430},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly its intended procedural function: setting the date when the substantive amendments commence. There is no scope expansion beyond fixing the commencement date for Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation clauses","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Only one external reference (subsection 2(1) of the parent Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal proclamation that activates the **Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013**.\n\nOn **1 August 2013**, this proclamation brought Schedule 1 of that Act into force. This Schedule added new protections to the *Sex Discrimination Act 1984* making it illegal to discriminate against people based on:\n\n- **Sexual orientation** (who you are attracted to)\n- **Gender identity** (your internal sense of gender, which may differ from your sex assigned at birth)\n- **Intersex status** (having physical sex characteristics that don't fit typical male or female classifications)\n\nIn practical terms, this document served as the legal \"start button\" that extended existing discrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in areas like employment, education, and service provision."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro","history":"/api/acts/sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro/history","analysis":"/api/acts/sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/sex-discrimination-amendment-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-commencement-pro/documents"}}