{"id":"sl-2016-14","name":"Uncollected Goods Regulation 2016","slug":"uncollected-goods-regulation-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"14 of 2016","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173864,"registerId":"act-sl-2016-14-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Uncollected Goods Regulation 2016","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nSL2016-14\nmade under the\nUncollected Goods Act 1996\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 1 July 2016\nRepublication date: 1 July 2016\nRegulation not amended\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Uncollected Goods Regulation 2016, made under the Uncollected\nGoods Act 1996 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 July 2016. It also includes any commencement, repeal or\nexpiry affecting this republished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n01/07/16\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nEffective: 01/07/16\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nmade under the\nUncollected Goods Act 1996\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Application of interest—Act, s 30 (5) (b) 2\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 3\n2 Abbreviation key 3\n3 Legislation history 4\n4 Amendment history 4\n\n\n\nR1\n01/07/16\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nEffective: 01/07/16\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nmade under the\nUncollected Goods Act 1996\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Uncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nEffective: 01/07/16\nR1\n01/07/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Uncollected Goods Regulation 2016.\n3 Application of interest—Act, s 30 (5) (b)\nThe following purposes are prescribed:\n(a) charitable purposes;\n(b) social welfare purposes.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n01/07/16\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nEffective: 01/07/16\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 4 Uncollected Goods Regulation 2016\nEffective: 01/07/16\nR1\n01/07/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nUncollected Goods Regulation 2016 SL2016-14\nnotified LR 30 June 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 July 2016 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2016","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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The legislation and amendment history show commencement but no substantive expansion or narrowing beyond that prescription."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with limited content (Name and one operative provision).","Directly relies on a single provision of the parent Act (Uncollected Goods Act 1996, s 30(5)(b)).","Prescribes only two purposes (charitable and social welfare) — limited choices reduce complexity (reg 3).","Minimal administrative discretion introduced; regulation is prescriptive rather than procedural.","No detailed definitions, procedures, penalties, or multiple cross-references within the regulation.","Clear commencement and amendment history in endnotes; no staged commencements or uncommenced provisions in the text."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation prescribes how interest arising from money tied to uncollected goods may be applied: it specifies the permitted destinations are charitable purposes or social welfare purposes (under the Uncollected Goods Act 1996, s 30(5)(b)).\n\nIt affects holders or sellers of uncollected goods and any organisations receiving applied interest by narrowing the allowable uses of that interest and directing administrative decisions about those funds."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation maintains its original narrow scope. It was clearly intended to be a brief, technical prescription of purposes for interest application under the parent Act, and it remains exactly that. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 substantive provisions (section 1 is the name, section 3 is the operative provision)","Zero defined terms in the regulation itself","No cross-references except a single reference to the parent Act (section 30(5)(b))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Total length: approximately 4 pages of legislative text, mostly front matter and endnotes","Operative content consists of a simple list of two prescribed purposes"],"plain_english_summary":"This short technical rule under the Uncollected Goods Act 1996 requires that interest earned on trust-held proceeds from the sale of uncollected goods be applied to charitable or social welfare purposes. It prevents businesses that sell abandoned items from keeping the interest, directing those funds to charities or social welfare organisations instead — affecting repairers, storage operators, pawnbrokers, potential claimants, and beneficiary organisations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/uncollected-goods-regulation-2016","history":"/api/acts/uncollected-goods-regulation-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/uncollected-goods-regulation-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/uncollected-goods-regulation-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/uncollected-goods-regulation-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/uncollected-goods-regulation-2016/documents"}}