{"id":"F2005L01121","name":"Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004 - Proclamation","slug":"trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":34766,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L01121-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004 - 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\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nTrade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004\n\nI, JOHN LANDY, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004, fix 23 May 2005 as the day on which Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 11 May 2005\n\nJOHN LANDY  Administrator\n\nBy the Administrator’s Command\n\nCHRIS PEARCE\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1269},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation that activates existing provisions already enacted by Parliament; it does not alter, expand, or narrow the substantive scope of the underlying legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No definitions or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the parent Act","Straightforward administrative mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation**—an administrative instrument that switches on specific parts of an existing law.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **23 May 2005** as the date when **Schedules 1 and 2** of the *Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004* come into force (become legally active).\n- Acts under subsection 2(1) of that Act, which allows the Governor-General (or Administrator) to set commencement dates by proclamation.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Energy market businesses (generators, retailers, network operators) who became subject to the Trade Practices Act provisions on that date.\n- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), whose enforcement powers and obligations under the amended Act began on 23 May 2005.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this proclamation, the reforms in Schedules 1 and 2 would have remained dormant—passed by Parliament but not legally operational. This document \"flips the switch\" and activates the substantive energy market rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-amendment-australian-energy-market-act-2004-proclamation/documents"}}