{"id":"C2004L06687","name":"Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 - Proclamation (12/12/2002)","slug":"suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28332,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06687-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 - Proclamation (12/12/2002)","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\nProclamation\n\nSuppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002, fix 13 December 2002 as the day on which Schedule 3 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 12 December 2002\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nDARYL WILLIAMS\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1876},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly its original function: setting a commencement date for Schedule 3. It has not expanded beyond its narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a calendar date)","No defined terms, conditions, or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of parent Act)","Contains no substantive legal rules, offences, or penalties","Length: approximately 50 words of operative content"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **commencement proclamation**—an official order that switches on part of an existing law.\n\nThe Governor-General declared that **Schedule 3** of the *Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002* would come into force on **13 December 2002**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Australian laws often pass through Parliament but lie dormant until a specific 'start date' is set\n- This document flips the switch on Schedule 3 (specific provisions dealing with terrorism financing)\n- Without this formal step, those particular rules could not be enforced, even though the Act itself was already law\n\nThis is purely administrative—it creates no new crimes or rights, it simply activates provisions that Parliament already approved."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002","history":"/api/acts/suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/suppression-of-the-financing-of-terrorism-act-2002-proclamation-12-12-2002/documents"}}