Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Attorney‑General’s Department

Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Regulation 2012

Privacy Regulation 2013

Part 2—Department of Employment

Workplace Relations Regulations 2006

Part 3—Department of Health

Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Regulations 2006

Part 4—Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations 1982

Ombudsman Regulations 1977

Public Service Regulations 1999

Part 5—Department of Social Services

Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 1989

Child Support Reform (New Formula and Other Measures) Regulations 2007

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

Part 6—Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Veterans’ Entitlements Regulations 1986

1 Name

This is the Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Amalgamation) Regulation 2015.

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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	At the same time as Schedule 1 to the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 commences.	1 July 2015

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the following Acts:

(a) the Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act 2006;

(b) the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989;

(c) the Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—New Formula and Other Measures) Act 2006;

(d) the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988;

(e) the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009;

(f) the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999;

(g) the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976;

(h) the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973;

(i) the Ombudsman Act 1976;

(j) the Privacy Act 1988;

(k) the Public Service Act 1999;

(l) the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Attorney‑General’s Department

Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Regulation 2012

1 After paragraph 2.08(2)(f)

Insert:

(fa) an appeal on a question of law from a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in a child support first review under subsection 44(1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975;

2 Paragraph 2.08(3)(b)

Omit “Taxation Appeals Division”, substitute “Taxation and Commercial Division”.

3 At the end of subregulation 2.09(2)

Add:

; (e) an appeal on a question of law from a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in a child support first review under subsection 44AAA(1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.

Privacy Regulation 2013

4 Schedule 1 (table item 82)

Repeal the item.

Part 2—Department of Employment

Workplace Relations Regulations 2006

5 Regulation 3.2 of Chapter 2

Repeal the regulation.

Part 3—Department of Health

Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Regulations 2006

6 Subparagraph 4.22(1A)(b)(i) of Schedule 1

Omit “subsection 35(2)”, substitute “subsection 35(3) or (4)”.

7 Subparagraph 4.22(1A)(b)(ii) of Schedule 1

Omit “subsection 35(2)”, substitute “either subsection 35(3) or (4)”.

Part 4—Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations 1982

8 Schedule 3 (table item 29)

Repeal the item.

Ombudsman Regulations 1977

9 Schedule 1

Omit “Security Appeals Tribunal”.

10 Schedule 3

Omit “President of the Security Appeals Tribunal”.

Public Service Regulations 1999

11 Subparagraphs 2.2(2)(c)(v), (vi) and (viii)

Repeal the subparagraphs.

Part 5—Department of Social Services

Child Support (Assessment) Regulations 1989

12 Paragraph 4C(f)

Omit “SSAT”, substitute “AAT”.

13 Paragraph 4C(g)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(g) subject to Part IVA of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, appealing on a question of law from a decision of the AAT.

Child Support Reform (New Formula and Other Measures) Regulations 2007

14 Regulation 4 (definition of SSAT)

Repeal the definition.

15 Regulation 6

Repeal the regulation.

16 Part 3

Repeal the Part.

17 Regulation 36

Repeal the regulation.

18 Schedule 2

Repeal the Schedule.

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Regulations 1988

19 Regulation 7A

Repeal the regulation, substitute:

7A Limitation of powers of AAT

For section 95E of the Act, a power or discretion conferred on the Registrar by the following provisions must not be exercised by the AAT:

(a) a provision of the Act mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 3;

(b) a provision of the Assessment Act mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 3.

20 Schedule 3 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Schedule 3—Powers of Registrar that AAT must not exercise

Part 6—Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Veterans’ Entitlements Regulations 1986

21 Regulation 12

Omit “the scale in Schedule 2 to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Regulations as in force from time to time”, substitute “the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Regulation 2015”.