{"id":"tas:act-2025-005","name":"Family Violence Amendment Act 2025","slug":"family-violence-amendment-act-2025","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"5 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31390,"registerId":"tas-act-2025-005-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Family Violence Amendment Act 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-005) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Act","content":"### 3 Principal Act\n\n> In this Act, the [Family Violence Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067) is referred to as the Principal Act.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Family Violence Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067) .","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 5.\n\n> The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Family Violence Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067) .","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal of Act","content":"### 6 Repeal of Act\n\n> This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it commenced.","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient information is available in the provided text to determine whether the scope of this Act changed from its original intent. No explanatory memorandum, second reading speech, or substantive clauses are present to make this assessment."},"complexity_factors":["Only metadata and administrative information is present in the provided text — no substantive clauses are available to analyse","As an amendment act, it modifies existing law, which inherently requires cross-referencing with the principal Family Violence Act to understand full effect — but that cross-referencing cannot be done here","The absence of clause content makes it impossible to assess technical legal complexity such as definitional changes, new offences, or procedural reforms","Score is low (2) not because the subject matter is simple, but because there is insufficient content to identify genuine complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"The Family Violence Amendment Act 2025 (Tasmania) amends Tasmania’s existing Family Violence Act and commenced on 16 April 2025. It is a state‑level amendment affecting people in Tasmania.\n\nWhile the extract contains only administrative details (dates, minister and amendment table) and not the substantive changes, the Act is likely to matter to victim‑survivors, people subject to family violence orders, police, courts, legal practitioners and support services because it alters the statutory family‑violence framework."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard amending Act with a self-repealing provision. It performs exactly the function it was designed for: making technical amendments to the principal Act and then removing itself from the statute book. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 sections","No defined terms (only references to external Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-referencing complexity — sections 4 and 5 explicitly state amendments have been incorporated elsewhere","Simple, standard structure for an amending Act: citation, commencement, principal Act identification, amendments, repeal"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **technical amendment law** that makes changes to Tasmania's Family Violence Act 2004.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Updates the main Family Violence Act 2004 with specific amendments (the actual changes are described in sections 4 and 5, but the text says they've already been merged into the main law)\n- Automatically deletes itself one year after it starts operating\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People involved in family violence proceedings in Tasmania (though this specific Act just contains the machinery to update the main law)\n- Legal practitioners and courts applying the Family Violence Act 2004\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is what's called an **\"amending Act\"** — a temporary vehicle used to change another law. Rather than reprinting the entire Family Violence Act 2004, Parliament passes this short bill containing the changes. Once the changes are copied into the main Act, this amending Act \"self-destructs\" after 12 months. This keeps the statute book tidy.\n\n**Key point:** The actual substance of the changes (what exactly was amended in sections 4 and 5) isn't shown in this text — it just tells us the amendments have been incorporated into the main Act."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act changes the legal landscape by amending the Family Violence Act 2004 and incorporating those amendments into the authorised version; the instrument itself is temporary and contains no reproduced substantive amendments, so the scope change resides in the Principal Act rather than in a lasting separate statute."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural form: the Act is short and administrative rather than substantive, limiting legal complexity.","Self-repeal mechanism (s6) makes the instrument temporary and reduces long-term interpretive complexity.","Commencement tied to Royal Assent (s2) removes phased or conditional starts, simplifying timing.","Content omission: amendments are not reproduced in the text provided, creating reliance on the authorised version and potential interpretive uncertainty.","Multiple incorporation notes (ss4–5) shift attention to external consolidated texts rather than this Act’s standalone wording.","Implementation burden is administrative (updating guidance, records, practice) rather than new compliance duties on the public."],"plain_english_summary":"This short, procedural Act amends the Family Violence Act 2004 by incorporating specified changes into that Act’s authorised version, takes effect on Royal Assent, and automatically repeals itself one year later. It primarily affects courts, legal practitioners, service agencies and anyone relying on the Family Violence Act because it alters how the Principal Act is read and applied. Mechanically, the government decides the start date (Royal Assent) and the Act imposes no standalone ongoing regime—administrative updates will be needed while the amendments are implemented (commencement s2; repeal s6)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-violence-amendment-act-2025","history":"/api/acts/family-violence-amendment-act-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-violence-amendment-act-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-violence-amendment-act-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-violence-amendment-act-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-violence-amendment-act-2025/documents"}}