{"id":"F2009L00264","name":"Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008 - Proclamation","slug":"family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76781,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L00264-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008 - Proclamation","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Proclamation\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nProclamation\n\nFamily Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under items 2 and 7 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008, fix 1 March 2009 as the day on which the following provisions of the Act commence:\n\n(a) items 1 to 4 of Schedule 1;\n\n(b) item 1 of Schedule 4.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 5 February 2009\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE  Governor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nROBERT McCLELLAND\n\nAttorney-General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2721},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs a narrow, technical administrative function to bring specific provisions into force. It does not alter the substantive scope of the underlying Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","No substantive legal rules affecting rights or obligations","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **commencement proclamation**—a formal legal instrument that activates specific sections of the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Act 2008. It does **not** contain the rules about property settlements for de facto couples itself. Instead, it simply **switches on** certain technical provisions (items 1–4 of Schedule 1 and item 1 of Schedule 4) so they become law on **1 March 2009**. This allows different parts of the Act to start at different times (staged implementation). The Governor-General issues this under authority granted by section 2 of the Act itself."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-de-facto-financial-matters-and-other-measures-act-2008-proclamation/documents"}}