Attorney‑General’s Legislation Amendment (Updated References) Regulation 2015

Select Legislative Instrument No. 113, 2015

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 09 July 2015

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Acts Interpretation (Registered Relationships) Regulations 2008

Family Law Regulations 1984

Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001

1  Name

  This is the Attorney-General’s Legislation Amendment (Updated References) 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.

Note:  This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Acts Interpretation Act 1901;

 (b) the Family Law Act 1975.

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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Acts Interpretation (Registered Relationships) Regulations 2008

1  Paragraph 3(c)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

 (c) Civil Unions Act 2012 (ACT)—a civil union as described in subsection 6(1) of that Act;

 (ca) Domestic Relationships Act 1994 (ACT)—a relationship as a couple between 2 adult persons who meet the eligibility criteria for entering into a civil partnership mentioned in section 37C of that Act;

Family Law Regulations 1984

2  Regulation 3 (after the heading)

Insert:

Note: A number of expressions used in these Regulations are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) applicable Rules of Court;

(b) standard Rules of Court.

3  Subregulation 3(1) (note)

Repeal the note.

4  Regulation 12BC (table item 4)

Repeal the item, substitute:

5  Regulation 12CAA (at the end of the table)

Add:

6  Regulation 15AB (table item 4)

Repeal the item, substitute:

Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001

7  Paragraph 9A(1)(e)

Omit “regulation 49 of the Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Regulations 2002”, substitute “regulation 50 of the Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Regulations 2012”.