{"id":"F2010L01315","name":"Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 1) 2010 - Proclamation","slug":"trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":83718,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L01315-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 1) 2010 - 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\nTrade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 1) 2010\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 1) 2010, fix 1 July 2010 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 20 May 2010\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE  Governor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nCRAIG EMERSON\n\nMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1549},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a purely administrative instrument with a single, specific purpose: to proclaim the commencement date for Schedule 1 of the amending Act. It has not expanded beyond its original intent of activating the Australian Consumer Law provisions on the fixed date of 1 July 2010."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation sections","No conditional logic, nested exceptions, or substantive cross-references","Standard administrative proclamation format under section 2(1) of the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **commencement proclamation**—a formal legal instrument that 'switches on' part of an Act on a specific date.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor-General formally declares that **Schedule 1** of the *Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 1) 2010* commences (starts operating) on **1 July 2010**.\n- Schedule 1 contains the substantive Australian Consumer Law—the national rules governing consumer guarantees, unfair contract terms, misleading conduct, and product safety.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nAlthough Parliament had already passed the Act, the new consumer protection rules were not yet legally enforceable. This proclamation is the legal trigger that activates them, making the Australian Consumer Law binding on businesses and consumers nationwide from 1 July 2010.\n\n**In short:** This is the official 'go-live' announcement that brought the Australian Consumer Law into effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-consumer-law-act-no-1-2010-proclamation/documents"}}