Courts Administration (Consequential Amendments) Regulation 2016
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.
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
George Brandis QC
Attorney‑General
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Amendments commencing 1 July 2016
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016
Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Regulation 2012
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 January 2018
Family Law Regulations 1984
This is the Courts Administration (Consequential Amendments) Regulation 2016.
(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. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table | The day after this instrument is registered. | 11 May 2016 |
2. Schedule 1, Part 1 | 1 July 2016. | 1 July 2016 |
3. Schedule 1, Part 2 | 1 January 2018. | 1 January 2018 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under the following:
(a) the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918;
(b) the Family Law Act 1975;
(c) the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999;
(d) the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Part 1—Amendments commencing 1 July 2016
Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016
1 Clause 1 of Schedule 1 (table item 24)
Omit “(the Statutory Agency consisting of the Registrar and the APS employees assisting the Registrar)”, substitute “(the Statutory Agency consisting of the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Federal Court and the APS employees referred to in section 18N of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 assisting the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Federal Court)”.
Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Regulation 2012
2 Regulation 1.03 (definition of Registrar)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
Registrar:
(a) of the Federal Court—means:
(i) the Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 18C of the Federal Court Act; or
(ii) an acting Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 18M of that Act; or
(iii) a Registrar, a District Registrar or a Deputy District Registrar appointed under section 18N of that Act; and
(b) of the Federal Circuit Court—has the same meaning as in the Federal Circuit Court Act.
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 January 2018
3 Subregulation 3(1) (definition of Principal Registrar)
Repeal the definition.
4 Subregulation 3(1) (definition of registrar)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
registrar includes:
(a) a Registrar within the meaning of subsection 4(1) of the Act; and
(b) in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction—the clerk of the court, clerk of petty sessions or other person holding or performing the duties of a similar office in the court.