{"id":"F2015L01199","name":"Telecommunications Numbering Plan Commencement Instrument 2015","slug":"telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":143498,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01199-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications Numbering Plan Commencement Instrument 2015","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\nTelecommunications Numbering Plan Commencement Instrument 2015\n\nTelecommunications Numbering Plan 2015\n\nThe AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY, acting under item 2 of the table in section 2 of the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015, fixes 1 August 2015 as the day on which sections 5 to 135 of the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015 commence.\n\nDated: 24th July 2015\n\nChris Chapman   [signed]   Member\n\nRichard Bean   [signed]   Member /General Manager\n\nAustralian Communications and Media Authority\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2074},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a purely procedural commencement instrument performing exactly the narrow function intended—specifying when the substantive Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015 comes into force. There has been no expansion beyond fixing the commencement date for sections 5 to 135."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision (one sentence fixing the commencement date)","No definitions, schedules, or operative rules","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the enabling power in the parent instrument)","Extremely short length (one paragraph of legal effect)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is the **\"start button\"** for Australia's telephone numbering rules.\n\nOn **1 August 2015**, this instrument switched on sections 5 to 135 of the *Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015*—the rulebook that dictates how phone numbers are allocated to telcos, transferred between providers, and managed across the country.\n\n**What this actually does:**\n- It doesn't contain the number rules themselves (those are in the Numbering Plan)\n- It simply tells everyone: \"The new rules start on 1 August 2015\"\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Phone companies** (telcos)—they need to know exactly when compliance starts\n- **Businesses** buying blocks of numbers\n- **Everyone who makes phone calls**—the Numbering Plan governs the structure of Australian phone numbers\n\nMade by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) on 24 July 2015, this procedural notice ensures there's no legal confusion about when the new regime kicked in."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-numbering-plan-commencement-instrument-2015/documents"}}