5: Sunset date changes under section 51A (thematic review) Item Date of Earliest Latest New Outcome More (instruments) declaration sunset date sunset date sunset date of review information 1 Agricultural export (control) instruments made under 40 13 Nov 2014 1 Apr 2015 1 Apr 2022 1 Apr 2020 Pending various Acts 2 Instruments made under the 5 10 Sep 2015 1 Apr 2016 1 Oct 2022 1 Oct 2019 Pending Hearing Services Administration Act 1997 3 Instruments made under the 8 11 Feb 2016 1 Oct 2016 1 Oct 2022 1 Oct 2019 Pending Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 4 Medical indemnity instruments made under various Acts 15 11 Feb 2016 1 Apr 2016 1 Apr 2020 1 Oct 2019 Pending 5 Instruments made under the 2 7 Nov 2016 1 Apr 2017 1 Oct 2018 1 Oct 2019 Pending Hearing Services Act 1991 6 Agricultural levies instruments made various Acts 25 7 Nov 2016 1 Apr 2017 1 Oct 2022 1 Apr 2023 Pending 7 Recovery plans made under the 39 20 Mar 2017 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2021 1 Apr 2022 Pending Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 TOTAL INSTRUMENTS AFFECTED (EACH INSTRUMENT COUNTED ONCE ONLY): 126 6. Exemptions from sunsetting All legislative instruments are subject to sunsetting unless they are exempt from sunsetting. Exemptions are set out in section 54 of the , the LEOMR and in other Acts. Most exemptions are set out in the LEOMR. Agencies are asked to nominate whether an instrument is subject to sunsetting at time of lodgement, and provide details of the authority for this. Agencies may also lodge written requests to update this information e.g. because a new exemption has been created for a class of instrument. There are currently nine generic exemptions and more than 80 specific exemptions as detailed in tables 6B and 6C respectively. Many cover only a few instruments but others are very large. The largest categories of instrument on the FRL that are exempt from sunsetting are as follows: Table 6A: Extent of exemptions from sunsetting Categories of legislative instrument Instruments Instruments Instruments Double registered repealed not repealed exemption (likely to be in force) (sunsetting and disallowance) Legislative instruments exempt from sunsetting: - Airworthiness Directives 15,223 6,116 9,107 YES
5: Sunset date changes under section 51A (thematic review) Item (instruments) Date of declaration Earliest sunset date Latest sunset date New sunset date Outcome of review More information 1 Agricultural export (control) instruments made under various Acts 40 13 Nov 2014 1 Apr 2015 1 Apr 2022 1 Apr 2020 Pending 2 Instruments made under the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997 5 10 Sep 2015 1 Apr 2016 1 Oct 2022 1 Oct 2019 Pending 3 Instruments made under the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 8 11 Feb 2016 1 Oct 2016 1 Oct 2022 1 Oct 2019 Pending 4 Medical indemnity instruments made under various Acts 15 11 Feb 2016 1 Apr 2016 1 Apr 2020 1 Oct 2019 Pending 5 Instruments made under the Hearing Services Act 1991 2 7 Nov 2016 1 Apr 2017 1 Oct 2018 1 Oct 2019 Pending 6 Agricultural levies instruments made various Acts 25 7 Nov 2016 1 Apr 2017 1 Oct 2022 1 Apr 2023 Pending 7 Recovery plans made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 39 20 Mar 2017 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2021 1 Apr 2022 Pending TOTAL INSTRUMENTS AFFECTED (EACH INSTRUMENT COUNTED ONCE ONLY): 126 6. Exemptions from sunsetting All legislative instruments are subject to sunsetting unless they are exempt from sunsetting. Exemptions are set out in section 54 of the , the LEOMR and in other Acts. Most exemptions are set out in the LEOMR. Agencies are asked to nominate whether an instrument is subject to sunsetting at time of lodgement, and provide details of the authority for this. Agencies may also lodge written requests to update this information e.g. because a new exemption has been created for a class of instrument. There are currently nine generic exemptions and more than 80 specific exemptions as detailed in tables 6B and 6C respectively. Many cover only a few instruments but others are very large. The largest categories of instrument on the FRL that are exempt from sunsetting are as follows: Table 6A: Extent of exemptions from sunsetting Categories of legislative instrument Instruments registered Instruments repealed Instruments not repealed (likely to be in force) Double exemption (sunsetting and disallowance) Legislative instruments exempt from sunsetting: - Airworthiness Directives 15,223 6,116 9,107 YES
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