--- name: check-act-legislation-l0cka title: Check ACT Legislation description: Verify the identity, status, point-in-time republication, commencement and currency of Australian Capital Territory legislation using the official ACT legislation register. Use when a user asks whether ACT legislation is in force or repealed, which version applied on a date, or whether a citation or supplied provision matches the official text, for current or historical ACT Acts, regulations and provisions. Do not use for Commonwealth or other State or Territory legislation, Bills, case law, court deadlines, interpretation, application or final legal advice. author: l0cka author_url: https://github.com/l0cka/legal-skills/tree/main/plugins/australian-legal-research/skills/check-act-legislation license: MIT version: 0.1.0 execution_mode: open jurisdiction: au practice: general language: en --- # Check ACT Legislation Use `legislation.act.gov.au` as the controlling source. Produce a provenance record, not a bare assertion that legislation is "current". Read [the shared point-in-time method](../../references/point-in-time-method.md) before performing a check. It defines the official-source rules, identity resolution, point-in-time selection and fail-closed boundary shared by every State and Territory checker in this plugin. ## Workflow 1. Fix the scope. - Accept ACT Acts and regulations on the official register. - Record the exact title, provision and requested date. If no date is given, use today's `Australia/Sydney` date and state it explicitly. - Return `OUTSIDE SCOPE` for Bills, another jurisdiction, case treatment or a request for legal advice. 2. Resolve identity. - Search `legislation.act.gov.au` and identify one official registered title and instrument type. Treat multiple plausible titles as ambiguous. 3. Select the point-in-time version. - Select the official republication covering the requested date. - Record its republication number, effective date range, the title's present status and the exact URL. - Keep the title's present status separate from whether the selected republication operated on the requested date. 4. Check commencement and currency. - Inspect commencement, amendment history, endnotes and currency information relevant to the provision. - Do not infer operation from registration alone or from a URL date. 5. Report using the required result contract. ## Result contract Lead with one status: - `VERIFIED` — one official title and applicable version were identified with no unresolved qualification relevant to the request. - `VERIFIED WITH QUALIFICATIONS` — identity and version were established, but an identified commencement, currency or authorisation limitation matters. - `NOT VERIFIED` — official evidence is missing, inconsistent or insufficient. - `OUTSIDE SCOPE` — the request is outside this ACT metadata and text check. Then provide: ```text Requested check: Jurisdiction: Australian Capital Territory, Australia As at: Official title: Type: <Act / regulation> Current title status: <In force / Repealed / other official status> Applicable version: <republication number and effective date range> Commencement evidence: <official commencement material inspected, or not established> Currency flags: <none or itemised flags> Official sources: <exact official pages actually inspected> Checked: <date and Australian timezone> Limitations and review: <what remains unverified and the human-review point> ``` Cite the exact official page supporting each field. Never describe the result as legal advice or as proof of interpretation, application or legal effect. ## Fail closed Return `NOT VERIFIED` instead of guessing when the title or type is ambiguous, the requested date cannot be tied to a displayed republication, the official register is unavailable, or a relevant commencement, amendment or currency issue cannot be resolved. Case law is outside scope.