{"id":"F2001B00255","name":"Telecommunications (Environmental Impact Information) Repeal Regulations 2001","slug":"telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"174 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30968,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2001B00255-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Environmental Impact Information) Repeal Regulations 2001","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nTelecommunications (Environmental Impact Information) Repeal Regulations 2001\n\nStatutory Rules 2001 No. 1741\n\nI, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Telecommunications Act 1997.\n\nDated 28 June 2001\n\nWILLIAM DEANE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency's Command\n\nRICHARD ALSTON\n\nMinister for Communications, Information Technology\n\nand the Arts\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\n  These Regulations are the Telecommunications (Environmental Impact Information) Repeal Regulations 2001.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  These Regulations commence on gazettal.\n\n3 Telecommunications (Environmental Impact Information) Regulations — repeal\n\n  Statutory Rules 1997 No. 252 is repealed.\n\nNote\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 July 2001.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1289},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly its stated function: repealing the 1997 Environmental Impact Information Regulations. No expansion beyond the original repeal intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations total (Name, Commencement, and Repeal)","Single operative provision (regulation 3)","No definitions or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the repealed instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:**\nThese regulations cancel (repeal) the previous rules that forced telecommunications companies to hand over environmental impact information to the government.\n\n**Key points:**\n- **Scraps** the *Telecommunications (Environmental Impact Information) Regulations 1997* (Statutory Rules 1997 No. 252)\n- **Removes a reporting burden** for telcos regarding environmental impacts of their operations\n- Takes effect immediately upon being published in the Gazette (official government newspaper)\n\n**Who it affects:**\nTelecommunications companies operating in Australia, which no longer need to comply with the environmental information reporting requirements established in 1997.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a deregulatory \"red tape reduction\" measure. It eliminates a specific administrative obligation for the telecom industry, meaning companies don't have to prepare and submit those particular environmental reports anymore."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-environmental-impact-information-repeal-regulations-2001/documents"}}