Family Law Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 9
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Family Law Act 1975.
Dated 22 February 2012
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
NICOLA ROXON
Attorney-General
1              Name of regulation
                This regulation is the Family Law Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).
2              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 Civil Partnerships Act 2011 (Qld) — items [1] and [2] of Schedule 1.
3              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

Note
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