Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Attorney‑General’s Portfolio Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 5 March 2026
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Katy Gallagher
Minister for Finance
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 2026.
(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. | 11 March 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
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773 | Family Violence and Cross‑Examination of Parties Scheme | To provide funding to legal aid commissions in connection with the provision of legal representation to persons subject to the ban on direct cross‑examination in section 102NA of the Family Law Act 1975 and similar provisions in State or Territory laws. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) in relation to marriage; or (b) in connection with divorce and matrimonial causes, including in relation to parental rights or the custody and guardianship of infants; or (c) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (i) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Articles 2, 3, 15 and 16; (ii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 3 and 4; (iii) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly Articles 2, 7, 9 and 17; or (d) in relation to matters referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth by the Parliament or Parliaments of any State or States; or (e) in connection with, or incidental to, the investing of any court of a State with federal jurisdiction. |