Family Law Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1) (Cth)

Family Law Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 20

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Family Law Act 1975.

Dated 10 March 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

ROBERT MCCLELLAND

Attorney-General

Contents

1Name of Regulations                                2

2Commencement                                   2

3Amendment of Family Law Regulations 1984           2

Schedule 1Amendments commencing on day after registration    3

Schedule 2Amendment commencing on later of day after registration and commencement of section 12 of the Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW) 4

Schedule 3Amendments commencing on later of day after registration and commencement of the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA) 5

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Family Law Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

These Regulations commence as follows:

(a)on the day after they are registered — Regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;

(b)on the later of the day after these Regulations are registered and the commencement of section 12 of the Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW) — Schedule 2;

(c)on the later of the day after these Regulations are registered and the commencement of the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA) — Schedule 3.

1. Amendment of Family Law Regulations 1984

Schedules 1 to 3 amend the Family Law Regulations 1984.

Schedule 1       Amendments commencing on day after registration

(regulation 3)

[1]       Paragraph 12BA (d)

substitute

(d)for Queensland — the office of the Chief Executive of the Department of Communities;

[2]       Regulation 12CAA, table, after item 4

insert

5 Family Relationships Act 1975 (SA), section 10HB

[3]       Schedule 5, items 5, 6 and 7

substitute

5	Adoption Act 1984	Victoria
6	Children, Youth and Families Act 2005	Victoria
7	Education and Training Reform Act 2006	Victoria

[4]       Schedule 5, item 10

substitute

10 Adoption Act 2009 Queensland

[5]       Schedule 9, item 5

substitute

5 Department of Communities Queensland

Schedule 2       Amendment commencing on later of day after registration and commencement of section 12 of the Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW)

(regulation 3)

[1]       Regulation 12CAA, table, after item 5

insert

6 Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW), section 12

Schedule 3 Amendments commencing on later of day after registration and commencement of the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA)

(regulation 3)

[1]       Paragraph 19 (e)

substitute

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

[2]       Schedule 8, items 7 and 8

substitute

7 Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 South Australia

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See