{"id":"F2005B01729","name":"Family Law Act 1975 s 69ZF(1) - Proclamation (05/02/2004)","slug":"family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":112150,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B01729-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Family Law Act 1975 s 69ZF(1) - Proclamation (05/02/2004)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nFamily Law Act 1975\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 69ZF (1) of the Family Law Act 1975, declare that all the child welfare law provisions of Part VII of that Act extend to Queensland.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 5 February 2004\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nphilip ruddock\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The proclamation expands the geographic scope of application of the Family Law Act 1975 by declaring that the child welfare law provisions contained in Part VII now extend to Queensland. The instrument effects a change in territorial application under subsection 69ZF(1); it does not, however, amend the substantive text of Part VII or set out implementation, funding or transitional arrangements within the proclamation itself."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single‑action instrument: it effects only a geographic extension of specified provisions (Part VII child welfare provisions) rather than complex regulatory change.","Clear statutory authority cited: subsection 69ZF(1) provides the power relied on, and the instrument records the formal signatories.","No operational, funding or enforcement detail in the text: implementation depends on the substantive provisions of Part VII and on existing administrative processes, which keeps the proclamation itself simple but creates potential downstream procedural questions outside this text.","Limited number of actors directly involved (Governor‑General, Federal Executive Council, Attorney‑General, persons/agencies in Queensland), reducing procedural complexity.","Potential dependency on the content of Part VII (not reproduced here): understanding full legal effects requires reading the substantive provisions of Part VII, but that complexity is external to the proclamation itself."],"plain_english_summary":"The proclamation declares that the child‑welfare provisions of Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975 extend to Queensland, making those federal provisions binding on people, courts, agencies and practitioners operating there. It uses the Governor‑General acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council under s69ZF(1) to change geographic application.\n\nIt does not amend Part VII’s substance or impose funding/administrative details; any costs or implementation effects flow from applying the existing Part VII provisions."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function intended by s 69ZF(1) of the Family Law Act 1975 — to allow the Governor-General to extend Part VII provisions to specified states. There is no scope creep; it is a straightforward exercise of the delegated power."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: one sentence declaring extension to Queensland","No defined terms within the instrument itself","No cross-references beyond citing the empowering provision (s 69ZF(1))","No conditional logic or exceptions","Purely administrative/executive instrument of minimal legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal declaration (called a 'proclamation') made by the Governor-General in 2004. It brings Queensland into the federal family law system for child welfare matters.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Extends Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975 to Queensland\n- Part VII deals with 'child welfare law provisions' — essentially, federal laws about protecting children and making decisions about their care and wellbeing\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Families in Queensland involved in federal family law proceedings\n- Before this, Queensland had its own separate child welfare system that didn't fully integrate with the federal Family Law Act\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This created a single, consistent national framework for child welfare decisions in family law cases across Australia\n- It meant Queensland courts could apply the same federal child protection rules as the rest of the country, reducing confusion and conflicting orders between state and federal systems\n- It was part of a broader push to harmonise family law across all Australian states and territories"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004","history":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-05-02-2004/documents"}}