Family Law Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)

Family Law Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 9 as amended

made under the

Family Law Act 1975

This compilation was prepared on 8 March 2012

[This Select Legislative Instrument was amended by SLI 2012 No. 18 (see F2012L00545)]

Amendment from SLI 2012 No. 18

[Schedule 1, Part 2 (item 2) repealed and substituted paragraph 2 (b)

Schedule 1, Part 2 (item 2) commenced on 8 March 2012]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

1. Name of regulation

This regulation is the Family Law Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This regulation commences as follows:

(a)on the day after it is registered — sections 1 to 3 and items [3] and [4] of Schedule 1;

(b)on the commencement of the Acts Interpretation and Family Law Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)—items [1] and [2] of Schedule 1.

1. Amendment of Family Law Regulations 1984

Schedule 1 amends the Family Law Regulations 1984.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(section 3)

[1]          Regulation 12BC, table, after item 2

insert

2A Civil Partnerships Act 2011 (Qld) A relationship as a couple between 2 adults who meet the eligibility criteria mentioned in section 5 of that Act for entry into a civil partnership

[2]          Regulation 15AB, table, after item 2

insert

2A Civil Partnerships Act 2011 (Qld)

[3]          Paragraph 19 (e)

substitute

(e)the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA);

[4]          Schedule 8

substitute

Schedule 8          Family violence order — prescribed laws of State or Territory

(regulation 12BB)

Item	Prescribed law	State or Territory
1	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007	New South Wales
2	Property (Relationships) Act 1984	New South Wales
3	Family Violence Protection Act 2008	Victoria
4	Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989	Queensland
5	Restraining Orders Act 1997	Western Australia
6	Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988	South Australia
7	Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009	South Australia
8	Youth Court Act 1993	South Australia
9	Family Violence Act 2004	Tasmania
10	Justices Act 1959	Tasmania
11	Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008	Australian Capital Territory
12	Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007	Northern Territory
13	Domestic Violence Act 1995	Norfolk Island