{"id":"F2008L02096","name":"Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Act 2008 - Proclamation","slug":"telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":74315,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L02096-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment 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\nTelecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment 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 3 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Act 2008, fix 1 July 2008 as the day on which items 20 to 25 of Schedule 1 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 19 June 2008\n\nP. M. JEFFERY  Governor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nROBERT McCLELLAND\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1375},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is purely a commencement instrument that activates provisions already enacted by Parliament; it does not expand, limit, or alter the substantive scope of the underlying Amendment Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation sections","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely short (one substantive sentence)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** A formal legal notice (called a \"proclamation\") signed by the Governor-General that switches on specific parts of the *Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Act 2008*.\n\n**What it does:** It officially sets **1 July 2008** as the date when **items 20 to 25 of Schedule 1** of that Amendment Act become active law. Without this document, those specific rules would remain dormant even though Parliament had already passed them.\n\n**Why it matters:** This ensures that particular changes to Australia's telecommunications surveillance and interception laws took effect on a specific, announced date, giving government agencies and telecommunications companies certainty about when new obligations began."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-interception-and-access-amendment-act-2008-proclamation/documents"}}