Legislative Instruments (Deferral of Sunsetting—Legal Services Directions) Certificate 2016

I, George Brandis QC, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.

Dated 11 February 2016

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Statement of reasons for issue of certificate

6 Deferral of sunsetting of the Legal Services Directions 2005

7 Repeal of this instrument

1  Name

  This is the Legislative Instruments (Deferral of Sunsetting—Legal Services Directions) Certificate 2016.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

5  Statement of reasons for issue of certificate

  For paragraph 51(2)(a) of the Act, this section sets out the statement of the reasons for the issue of this certificate.

Statement of reasons

  I am satisfied that the Legal Services Directions 2005 (the Directions) made under section 55ZF of the Judiciary Act 1903 would, apart from the operation of Part 6 of the Act, be likely to cease to be in force within 12 months after the scheduled sunsetting day.

  The Secretary of the Attorney‑General’s Department is undertaking a review of Commonwealth legal work. The review is examining how legal work can be delivered most effectively and efficiently to the Commonwealth, and will include consideration of changes to a number of aspects of the Directions. The Government anticipates that the Directions will be repealed and remade in early 2017.

  The Directions are due to sunset on 1 April 2016. A 12 month deferral of the sunsetting day for these Directions will avoid the need to remake them in their current form for the short period before new Directions are made and commence.

6  Deferral of sunsetting of the Legal Services Directions 2005

  The Legal Services Directions 2005, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2016, are taken to cease to be in force under section 51 of the Act on 1 April 2017.

7  Repeal of this instrument

  This instrument is repealed on 2 April 2017.