{"id":"F2005B01728","name":"Family Law Act 1975 s 69ZF(1) - Proclamation (09/12/1998)","slug":"family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":112147,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B01728-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 (09/12/1998)","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\nFamily Law Act 1975\n\nproclamation\n\nI, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, 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 Victoria on and from the date of the gazettal of this Proclamation. \n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 9 December 1998\n\nWILLIAM DEANE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nDaryl Williams\n\nAttorney General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function intended by s 69ZF(1) of the Family Law Act 1975 — to declare when the Commonwealth's child welfare laws extend to a particular state. It has not grown beyond this original purpose; it is a discrete, time-bound administrative instrument executing a specific statutory power."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward declaratory language","No defined terms within the instrument itself","No cross-references beyond the single statutory citation (s 69ZF(1))","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely short — approximately 100 words of substantive content","Relies entirely on external knowledge of what 'Part VII' and 'child welfare law provisions' mean"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **historical proclamation** made by the Governor-General in 1998 that brought Victoria into the federal family law system for child welfare matters.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Extended Part VII of the *Family Law Act 1975* to cover Victoria\n- Part VII deals with **child welfare laws** — the rules about protecting children, parenting orders, and who gets to make decisions about kids when parents separate\n\n**Why this matters:**\nBefore this proclamation, Victoria had its own separate state-based child welfare system running alongside (and sometimes conflicting with) the federal family law system. This proclamation meant that federal family law would apply to child welfare matters in Victoria, creating a more consistent national approach.\n\n**Who it affected:**\n- Families in Victoria going through separation or disputes about children\n- Courts hearing family law matters in Victoria\n- Child welfare agencies working across state and federal jurisdictions\n\n**Key context:**\nThis was part of a broader process of **referral of powers** — where states hand over certain law-making powers to the Commonwealth. Victoria agreed that the federal government could make laws about child welfare for Victorian families, rather than having two different sets of rules."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This proclamation expands the geographic scope of the Family Law Act 1975 by making all child welfare provisions of Part VII applicable in the State of Victoria from the date of gazettal. Prior to this proclamation, Part VII did not extend to Victoria; the proclamation therefore changes which State(s) are covered by those Commonwealth provisions. (Proclamation; s 69ZF(1).)"},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single‑step legal effect: a proclamation that extends existing provisions to a State rather than amending statutory text.","Reliance on another, larger body of law (Part VII) whose detail is not reproduced in the proclamation.","Dependence on administrative coordination between Commonwealth and Victorian courts and agencies for smooth implementation.","Timing dependency: effect is tied to the date of gazettal, creating a clear but immediate point of legal change.","Low need for interpretive complexity within the proclamation itself, but potential interpretive complexity resides in Part VII's provisions."],"plain_english_summary":"The Governor‑General, under s 69ZF(1) of the Family Law Act 1975, proclaimed on 9 December 1998 that the Act’s child welfare provisions in Part VII apply in Victoria from the proclamation’s gazettal. This brings Victorian courts, agencies, practitioners and families under the Commonwealth child‑welfare rules, creating legal uniformity but imposing administrative adjustments and compliance costs on public bodies and private parties as the new regime is implemented."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998","history":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-law-act-1975-s-69zf-1-proclamation-09-12-1998/documents"}}