Commonwealth legislation

Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Dental Benefits Rules) Certificate 2025

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This is a short administrative certificate that extends the life of the Dental Benefits Rules 2014 by one year.

Under Australian law, most regulations automatically expire ("sunset") after 10 years to keep laws up-to-date. The Dental Benefits Rules 2014 were due to automatically expire on 1 April 2025. This certificate pushes that expiry date back to 1 April 2026.

What this means:

The rules continue to operate for another year, likely affecting government-funded dental services (such as the Child Dental Benefits Schedule)
The government gains 12 months to either update and remake the rules properly, or allow them to lapse next year
This certificate itself disappears on 2 April 2026, the day after the new expiry date

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Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Dental Benefits Rules) Certificate 2025

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Dental Benefits Rules) Certificate 2025

I, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.

Dated 4 March 2025

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Deferral of sunsetting

5 Repeal of this instrument

1 Name

This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Dental Benefits Rules) Certificate 2025.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 7 March 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003.

4 Deferral of sunsetting

The Dental Benefits Rules 2014, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2025, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2026.

5 Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2026.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Dental Benefits Rules) Certificate 2025

I, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.

Dated 4 March 2025

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Deferral of sunsetting

5 Repeal of this instrument

1 Name

This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Dental Benefits Rules) Certificate 2025.

2 Commencement

Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 7 March 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003.

4 Deferral of sunsetting

The Dental Benefits Rules 2014, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2025, is repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2026.

5 Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2026.

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