Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Attorney‑General’s Portfolio Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 26 October 2023
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Katy Gallagher
Minister for Finance
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Attorney-General’s Portfolio Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023.
(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 | The day after this instrument is registered. | 28 October 2023 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
1 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
633 | Financial assistance scheme for respondents to applications brought under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 | To fund a scheme to provide for respondents to applications for orders under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 to: (a) obtain legal representation and advice for the purposes of those proceedings, including any appeal and any associated alternative dispute resolution processes; and (b) pay for any necessary expenses incurred in responding to those applications (such as court fees, expert witness fees and other expenses of a kind ordinarily incurred in litigation). This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) in connection with divorce and matrimonial causes, including in relation to parental rights or the custody and guardianship of infants; or (b) with respect to external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution). |