{"id":"F2006L01775","name":"Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 - Proclamation","slug":"family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":59562,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L01775-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 - 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 (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006\n\nI, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006, fix 1 July 2006 as the day on which Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act commence.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  Great Seal of Australia  on 14 June 2006\n\nMARIE BASHIR  Administrator\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2607},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation performs exactly the procedural function authorized by section 2(1) of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006—fixing the commencement date for specified Schedules. There is no expansion beyond this limited administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a calendar date","Zero defined terms","No conditional logic, exceptions, or discretionary powers","Only one cross-reference (to the empowering provision in the parent Act)","Total length of one substantive sentence"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation**—a legal instrument that switches on parts of another law. It sets **1 July 2006** as the date when **Schedules 1 and 2** of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 become legally effective.\n\n**What this means:**\n* **Before this date:** The family law reforms contained in those Schedules were passed by Parliament but not yet active.\n* **After this date:** The changes (primarily introducing a presumption of *equal shared parental responsibility* for separated parents) became legally enforceable.\n* **Who activated it:** Professor Marie Bashir (Administrator of the Commonwealth, acting on the Governor-General’s behalf) and the Attorney-General, using the power granted by *subsection 2(1)* of the parent Act.\n\nThis document does not change the law itself; it simply triggers the start date for reforms already decided by Parliament."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-law-amendment-shared-parental-responsibility-act-2006-proclamation/documents"}}