{"id":"F2005B01737","name":"Family Law Act 1975 s 39(7) and (7A) - Proclamation of Day Relating to Certain Matters in Courts of Summary Jurisdiction (06/11/1996)","slug":"family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":112167,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B01737-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Family Law Act 1975 s 39(7) and (7A) - Proclamation of Day Relating to Certain Matters in Courts of Summary Jurisdiction (06/11/1996)","content":"Family Law Act 1975\n\nPROCLAMATION OF DAY RELATING TO CERTAIN MATTERS IN\n\nCOURTS OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION\n\nI, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of\n\nAustralia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under\n\nsubsections 39 (7) and (7A) of the Family Law Act 1975:\n\n(a) declare that the Proclamation made on 9 December 1992 under subsection\n\n39 (7) of that Act is revoked on and from 1 December 1996; and\n\n(b) fix 1 December 1996 as the date on and after which matrimonial causes,\n\nand other proceedings, referred to in subsection 39 (6) of that Act may not\n\nbe instituted in or transferred to a court of summary jurisdiction in the\n\nPerth metropolitan region (being the region described in the Third Schedule\n\nto the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 of Western\n\nAustralia), other than the court located at 150 Terrace Road, Perth.\n\nSigned and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 6 November 1996.\n\nWILLIAM DEANE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nDARYL WILLIAMS\n\nAttorney-General and Minister for Justice","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2426},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Proclamation exercises existing administrative powers under sections 39(7) and (7A) of the Family Law Act 1975 to specify which physical court venues can hear certain matters. It does not alter the substantive scope of the Act, create new rights or obligations, or expand federal jurisdiction; it merely adjusts the administrative arrangements for court venues in Perth."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with only two operative paragraphs (revocation and date-fixing)","References to multiple subsections of the Family Law Act 1975 (ss 39(6), (7), and (7A))","Incorporates external geographic boundary by reference to the Third Schedule of Western Australia's Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959","Uses technical legal terminology ('courts of summary jurisdiction', 'matrimonial causes') without on-site definitions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, effective 1 December 1996, revokes a 1992 arrangement and restricts where people in the Perth metropolitan area can commence or transfer family law matters in courts of summary jurisdiction.  \n\nInstead of multiple suburban Magistrates Courts, such cases can only be filed at the court at 150 Terrace Road, Perth. It affects anyone in Perth seeking to start local family law proceedings, concentrating cases where specialist resources are available."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa","history":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-39-7-and-7a-proclamation-of-day-relating-to-certain-matters-in-courts-of-summa/documents"}}